TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards a critique of marxist political economy
T2 - Views from the imperialist centre
AU - Schmidt, Ingo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - This article suggests that a critique of Marxist political economy is the key to understanding the development of 20th-century socialisms and the state of global capitalism today. Although such a project requires engagement with Marxist political economy in all parts of the world, this article focuses on Marxist political economy in the imperialist centres. More specifically, it focuses on the theories of imperialism by Hilferding, Luxemburg and Lenin in the years leading up to World War I and the Russian revolution, and the neo-Marxisms and new readings of Marx's Capital during the long post-World War II boom. Critical readings of these different theoretical approaches will allow a re-reading of Marx's Capital focusing on capitalist development from Marx's days to the present.
AB - This article suggests that a critique of Marxist political economy is the key to understanding the development of 20th-century socialisms and the state of global capitalism today. Although such a project requires engagement with Marxist political economy in all parts of the world, this article focuses on Marxist political economy in the imperialist centres. More specifically, it focuses on the theories of imperialism by Hilferding, Luxemburg and Lenin in the years leading up to World War I and the Russian revolution, and the neo-Marxisms and new readings of Marx's Capital during the long post-World War II boom. Critical readings of these different theoretical approaches will allow a re-reading of Marx's Capital focusing on capitalist development from Marx's days to the present.
KW - Class
KW - Imperialism
KW - Marxist orthodoxies
KW - Marxist political economy
KW - Neo-Marxism
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U2 - 10.13169/worlrevipoliecon.9.3.0364
DO - 10.13169/worlrevipoliecon.9.3.0364
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85060799599
SN - 2042-891X
VL - 9
SP - 364
EP - 386
JO - World Review of Political Economy
JF - World Review of Political Economy
IS - 3
ER -