Marxism and the Capitalist State

Towards a New Debate
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-36169-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 279 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

Reihe: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose

This book builds on the recent revival of interest in Marx and Marxism, calling for a renewal and refinement of Marxist state theory. It aims to provoke and encourage new debates and critiques that build on—but also update and extend—the rich tradition of Marxist analyses of the capitalist state, including the well-known debates of the 1970s. The chapters present a dynamic and diverse constellation of arguments and perspectives on a range of topics, from general re-appraisals of the capitalist state to investigations of contemporary challenges—including digitalisation, the ecological crisis, the coronavirus pandemic, social reproduction, and critical political economy. What they share is a commitment to an understanding of the specifically capitalist character of the modern state and its significance for any serious discussion of the causes of our current age of global catastrophe and the overcoming of capitalist social relations.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hunter, Rob

Nanopoulos, Eva

Khachaturian, Rafael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Rechtssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction Rob Hunter, Rafael Khachaturian, Eva Nanopoulos.- 2. State, Capital, Nature: State Theory for the Anthropocene Alyssa Battistoni.- 3. ‘Bursting Asunder the Integument’: Democracy, Digitalisation, and the State Dimitrios Kivotidis.- 4. Crisis, Social Reproduction, and the Capitalist State: Notes on an Uncertain Conjuncture Rafael Khachaturian.- 5. From Economic to Political Crisis: Trump and the Neoliberal State Stephen Maher and Scott Aquanno.- 6. Soldiers and the State in Marx and Engels Jasmine Chorley-Schulz.- 7. To Embrace or Reject: Marxism and the ‘War-Emergency Paradigm’ Eva Nanopoulos.- 8. Socially Reproductive Workers, ‘Life Making’, and State Repression Kirstin Munro.- 9. Social Murder: Capitalism’s Systematic and State-Organised Killing Nate Holdren.- 10. Beyond Abstractionism: Notes on Conjunctural State Theory Michael A. McCarthy.- 11. TheMarx Revival and State Theory: Towards a Negative-Dialectical Critical Social Theory of the State Chris O’Kane.- 12. The Capitalist State as Historically-Specific Social Form Rob Hunter.

Über Autor(innen)

Rob Hunter holds a PhD in Politics from Princeton University, USA. He is a member of the Legal Form editorial collective.

Rafael Khachaturian is a Lecturer in Critical Writing at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Eva Nanopoulos is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.