| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Historical materialism book series, 1570-1522 ; volume 209 |
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Historical materialism book series ; 209.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Figures -- Introduction. Yesterday's Battles and Today's World -- Part 1. The Italian Left in the Great Revolutionary Struggle (1912-26) -- Chapter 1. Against the War -- Chapter 2. On Elections -- Chapter 3. On Soviets -- Chapter 4. On Strategy and Tactics -- Chapter 5. On Fascism, against Fascism -- Chapter 6. The Lyons Theses -- Chapter 7. Against Stalin and 'Socialism in One Country' -- Part 2. The Struggle for the Rebirth of Revolutionary Communism (1945-65) -- Section 1. Russia, Revolution and Counter-revolution in Marxist Theory |
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Chapter 8. Lessons of Counter-revolutions -- Chapter 9. From 7 November 1917 to 7 November 1957: Forty Years of Organically Analysing Russian Events within the Dramatic Context of the Social and Historical Course of the World -- Section 2. The Critique of Triumphant Capitalism -- Chapter 10. Property and Financial Capital -- Chapter 11. Welfare Economics -- Chapter 12. The Law of Hunger -- Chapter 13. Murder of the Dead -- Chapter 14. Inflation of the State -- Chapter 15. The United States of America (1947-57) |
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Section 3. On the 'Gigantic Movement of Emancipation' of the Coloured Peoples -- Chapter 16. The Factors of Race and Nation in Marxist Theory (1953) -- Chapter 17. East -- Chapter 18. The Multiple Revolutions -- Chapter 19. 'Racial' Pressure of the Peasantry, Classist Pressure of the Coloured Peoples -- Section 4. On the Revolutionary Prospects of Communism -- Chapter 20. The Revolutionary Programme of Communist Society -- Chapter 21. Who's Afraid of Automation? -- Chapter 22. The Immediate Revolutionary Programme in the Capitalist West (1953) -- Section 5. On the Party |
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Chapter 23. Considerations on the Party's Organic Activity When the General Situation Is Historically Unfavourable (1965) -- Annotated Bibliography of Bordiga's Writings -- Annotated Bibliography on Bordiga in Italian -- References -- Index -- Illustrations -- Amadeo Bordiga and the Italian Communist Left Continuity with Marx |
| Summary |
"Amadeo Bordiga was one of the greatest figures of the Third International. The Science and Passion of Communism presents the battles of this brilliant Italian communist in the revolutionary cycle of the post-WWI period, through his writings against reformism and war, for Soviet power and internationalism, and then against fascism, on one side, Stalinism and the degeneration of the International, on the other. Equally important was his sharp critique of triumphant U.S. capitalism in the post-WWII period, and his original re-presentation of Marxist critique of political economy, which includes the capital-nature and capital-species relationships, and the programme of social transformations for the revolution to come. Without any form of canonization, we can say that Bordiga's huge workshop is a veritable goldmine, and anyone who decides to enter it will not be disappointed. He will guide you through a series of instructive, energizing and often highly topical excursions into the near and distant past, into the present that he largely foresaw, and into the future that he sketched with devouring passion"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Translated from Italian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 17, 2020) |
| Subject |
Communism -- Italy
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Communism.
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Communism
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Italy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Basso, Pietro, 1945- editor.
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| LC no. |
2020007361 |
| ISBN |
9004421653 |
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9789004421653 |
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