Marxism and the leap to the kingdom of freedom : the rise and fall of the Communist utopia
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Marxism and the leap to the kingdom of freedom : the rise and fall of the Communist utopia
Stanford University Press, 1995
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Includes notes (p. [559]-617), bibliography (p. [619]-635), and index
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: [hc.] ISBN 9780804723848
内容説明
"Marxism and the Leap to the Kingdom of Freedom" reconstructs Marx and Engels' theory of freedom, and highlights its centrality to their vision of the communist society of the future. It traces the development of the theory of freedom in the history of Marxist thought (including Marxism-Leninism), and explains how it was transformed at the height of its influence into a legitimation of totalitarian practices. The author contributes to the explanation of the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe by showing the inherently utopian character of the idea of a marketless economy and by interpreting the Soviet communist experiment as a failed attempt to realize this utopia. Hence, he provides substantial arguments for the view that 'really existing socialism' has never been a viable, stable alternative to the market economies of the West.
目次
- 1. Marx as philosopher of freedom
- 2. Engels and 'scientific socialism'
- 3. Variants of 'necessitarian' Marxism
- 4. Leninism: from 'scientific socialism' to totalitarian communism
- 5. From totalitarian communism to communist totalitarianism
- 6. The dismantling of Stalinism: detotalitarianism
- Notes
- Index of names.
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: CIP entry ISBN 9780804731645
内容説明
The aim of this book is to carefully reconstruct Marx and Engels's theory of freedom, to highlight its centrality for their vision of the communist society of the future, to trace its development in the history of Marxist thought, including Marxism-Leninism, and to explain how it as possible for it to be transformed at the height of its influence into a legitimization of totalitarian practices.
The relevance of the Marxist conception of freedom for an understanding of communist totalitarianism derives from the historical fact that the latter came into being as a the result of a conscious, strenuous striving to realize the former. The Russian Revolution suppressed "bourgeois freedom" to pave the way for the "true freedom" of communism. Totalitarianism was a by-product of this immense effort.
The last section of the book gives a concise analysis of the dismantling of Stalinism, involving not only the gradual detotalitarization but also the partial decommunization of "really existing socialism."
Throughout, Marxism is treated as an ideology that has compromised itself but that nevertheless deserves to be seen as the most important, however exaggerated and, ultimately, tragically mistaken, reaction to the multiple shortcomings of capitalist societies and the liberal tradition.
目次
1. Marx as philosopher of freedom 2. Engels and 'scientific socialism' 3. Variants of 'necessitarian' Marxism 4. Leninism: from 'scientific socialism' to totalitarian communism 5. From totalitarian communism to communist totalitarianism 6. The dismantling of Stalinism: detotalitarianism Notes Index of names.
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