Marxism and America: New Appraisals
Christopher Phelps and Robin Vandome
Abstract
In Marxism and America: New appraisals, an accomplished group of scholars reconsiders the relationship of the history, political culture, and political economy of the United States to the theoretical tradition derived from Karl Marx. A dozen essays (an introduction and eleven chapters) offer fresh considerations arcing from the nineteenth century, when Marx wrote for American newspapers, to the present, when a millennial socialism has emerged inspired by the campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Contributors take up topics ranging from memory of the Civil War to feminist de ... More
In Marxism and America: New appraisals, an accomplished group of scholars reconsiders the relationship of the history, political culture, and political economy of the United States to the theoretical tradition derived from Karl Marx. A dozen essays (an introduction and eleven chapters) offer fresh considerations arcing from the nineteenth century, when Marx wrote for American newspapers, to the present, when a millennial socialism has emerged inspired by the campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Contributors take up topics ranging from memory of the Civil War to feminist debates over sexuality and pornography. Along the way, they clarify the relationship of race and democracy, the promise and perils of the American political tradition, and the prospects for class politics in the twenty-first century. Marxism and America sheds new light on old questions, helping to explain why socialism has been so difficult to establish in the United States even as it has exerted a notable influence in American thought.
Keywords:
Karl Marx,
Friedrich Engels,
Marxism,
communism,
socialism,
radicalism
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2021 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781526149763 |
| Published to Manchester Scholarship Online: May 2022 |
DOI:10.7765/9781526149770 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Christopher Phelps, editor
University of Nottingham
Robin Vandome, editor
University of Nottingham
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