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Author Quirico, Monica.

Title Frontier socialism : self-organisation and anti-capitalism / Monica Quirico, Gianfranco Ragona
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (210 pages)
Series Marx, Engels, and Marxisms
Marx, Engels, and Marxisms.
Contents Intro -- Titles Published -- Titles Forthcoming -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Authors -- 1 Introduction -- 1 Hope and Disillusionment in Greece -- 2 What Socialism After Socialism? -- 3 A New Path to Self-Government -- References -- 2 "Revolution Is Not What the Revolutionaries Believe It to Be": Gustav Landauer (1870-1919) -- 1 Life and Works -- 2 A Road for the Liberation of Workers -- 3 Analysis of Capitalism -- 4 Revolution -- References -- 3 Class Struggle and Women's Liberation: Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952) -- 1 Life and Works
2 Marxism, Class Initiative and Gender Autonomy -- 3 The Difficult Transition to Socialism -- 4 Class and Self-Government -- References -- Interlude 1: Resistance or Revolution? The Spanish Civil War -- 4 Self-Management and Communism: Paul Mattick (1904-1981) -- 1 Life and Works -- 2 Marx and His Epigones -- 3 Mixed Economy and State Capitalism -- 4 Against Bolshevism, for a Workers' Democracy -- References -- 5 Workers' Struggles Under Neocapitalism: Raniero Panzieri (1921-1964) -- 1 Life and Works -- 2 Marx and Marxism -- 3 Monopolistic Capitalism: The Factory-Society -- 4 Workers' Control
8 In the Midst of the Crisis -- 1 The Chilean "Laboratory" -- 2 The Legacy of 1968 -- 3 The "Hayekization" of the World, or Keynes' Defeat -- 4 Amidst the Rubble: Alan Bihr's Paths to Renewal -- References -- 9 (Tentative) Conclusions -- 1 A Compact Current? -- 2 The Movement of Movements -- 3 At the Intersection of Class, Gender and Ethnicity-And Environment -- 4 Between Disaster and Hope -- References -- Index
Summary Considering the history of workers' and socialist movements in Europe, Frontier Socialismfocuses on unconventional forms of anti-capitalist thought, particularly by examining several militant-intellectuals whose legacy is of particular interest for those aiming for a radical critique of capitalism. Following on the work of Michael Lowy, Quirico & Ragona identify relationships of elective affinity between figures who might appear different and dissimilar, at least at first glance: the German Anarchist Gustav Landauer, the Bolshevik Alexandra Kollontai, the German communist Paul Mattick, the Italian Socialist Raniero Panzieri, the Greek-born French euro-communist Nikos Poulantzas, the German-born Swedish Social Democrat Rudolf Meidner, and the French social scientist Alain Bihr as well as two historical struggle experiences, the Spanish Republic and the Italian revolutionary group Lotta continua Frontier Socialism then analyzes these thinkers' and experiences respective paths to socialism based on and achieved through self-organization and self-government, not to build a new tradition but to suggest a path forward for both research and political activism. Monica Quirico is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Institute of Contemporary History at Sodertorn University, Sweden. Gianfranco Ragona is Associate Professor in the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society at the University of Turin, Italy
Bibliography References-Interlude 2: Lotta Continua: The Dilemmas of a Revolutionary Group Between the Hot Autumn and the Restoration of Capitalism-6 Revolutionary Reformism: Rudolf Meidner (1914-2015)-1 Life and Works-2 Marxism and Democracy-3 Beyond Private Property-4 The Debate Over the Wage Earner Funds and Their Neutralization-References-7 A Communist Theory of Politics: Nicos Poulantzas (1936-1979)-1 Life and Works-2 Marxism and the State-3 Economic and Political Crisis in Monopolistic Capitalism-4 Seizing the State and Direct Democracy-References
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Socialism -- Europe -- History
Socialism
Europe
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Ragona, Gianfranco.
Zontine, Angelina Ione
Masini, Chiara
ISBN 9783030523718
3030523713