Tag: Marxist Theory
Contest the Space of Politics
Kolya Ludwig reflects on Abolish Rent, contending that its undertheorized concept of hegemony leads it to neglect important potential cross class alliances.
Marx’s Republican Communism
Søren Mau reviews Bruno Leipold’s Citizen Marx, arguing that Leipold’s masterful contextualization of Marx in the republican tradition could be enriched by a deeper engagement with the labor theory of value.
The Broken Clock
Joshua Nicholas Pineda reviews Domenico Losurdo’s Western Marxism.
A Tale of Two Ports
Phil Neel challenges the view of China as a challenger to US hegemony, arguing that hegemony produces the turbulent politics read as a sign of its demise.
The Centrality of Reproduction and the Question of Labor Power
Sean K. Isaacs reviews Rebecca Carson’s Immanent Externalities, arguing that social reproduction politics demands a recentering of labor power.
Imperialism as Antagonistic Cooperation
Drawing on previously untranslated work from POLOP and August Thalheimer, Promise Li theorizes the interdependent character of today’s imperial order.
The Generosity of Fredric Jameson
Robert T. Tally pays tribute to Fredric Jameson’s tremendous generosity, that is, the late theorist’s drive to both know the world and change it for the better.
Workers of the Earth, Unite!
Dan Boscov-Ellen interviews Stefania Barca about her new book on the potentiality of workers as ecological subjects and what this means for the future of ecosocialist strategy.
Tolkien’s Deplorable Cultus
Robert T. Tally Jr. reads Tolkien’s corpus with the tools of Marxist literary criticism, delivering a devastating blow to the fantasy writer’s rightist fans.
Abstract Models, Concrete Frictions
Samuel Fisher probes the limits of Søren Mau’s recent book Mute Compulsion.