Marx and Modernity: Key Readings and Commentary

Copyright © 2003 by Blackwell Publishers Ltd

Marx and Modernity: Key Readings and Commentary

Editor(s): Robert J. Antonio

Published Online: 14 JAN 2008

Print ISBN: 9780631225492

Online ISBN: 9780470756119

DOI: 10.1002/9780470756119

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In this illuminating and concise collection of readings, Karl Marx emerges as the first theorist to give a comprehensive social view of the birth and development of capitalist modernity that began with the Second Industrial Revolution and still exists today.

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xix)

    1. Introduction: Marx and Modernity (pages 1–50)

      Robert J. Antonio

  3. Part I: Marx Readings - Marx's Vision of History: “Historical Materialism”

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      Marx's Vision of History: “Historical Materialism” (pages 51–55)

    2. Chapter 1

      Primary Historical Relations, or the Basic Aspects of Social Activity (With Engels) (1845–6) (pages 57–59)

    3. Chapter 2

      The Ruling Class and the Ruling Ideas … (With Engels) (1845–6) (pages 60–62)

    4. Chapter 3

      The Formation of Classes … (With Engels) (1845–6) (pages 63–64)

    5. Chapter 4

      Preface to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy (1859) (pages 65–66)

    6. Chapter 5

      Labour Rent (1894) (pages 67–68)

    7. Chapter 6

      Karl Marx (Engels) (1878) (pages 69–71)

    8. Chapter 7

      Letter to Joseph Bloch (Engels) (1890) (pages 72–73)

  4. Part I: Marx Readings - The Juggernaut of Capitalist Modernity: The Revolutionary Bourgeoisie, the End of Tradition, and New Social Powers

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      The Juggernaut of Capitalist Modernity: The Revolutionary Bourgeoisie, the End of Tradition, and New Social Powers (pages 75–78)

    2. Chapter 8

      The Secret of Primitive Accumulation (1867) (pages 79–81)

    3. Chapter 9

      Development of the Division of Labour (With Engels) (1845–6) (pages 82–89)

    4. Chapter 10

      Bourgeois and Proletarians (With Engels) (1845) (pages 90–92)

    5. Chapter 11

      Historical Tendency of Capitalist Accumulation (1845) (pages 93–94)

    6. Chapter 12

      Co-Operation (1867) (pages 95–99)

    7. Chapter 13

      Cardinal Facts of Capitalist Production (1894) (page 100)

  5. Part I: Marx Readings - Marx's Labor Theory of Value: The Hidden Social Relationship Beneath Capitalism's Distorted “Economic” Surface

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      Marx's Labor Theory of Value: The Hidden Social Relationship Beneath Capitalism's Distorted “Economic” Surface (pages 101–104)

    2. Chapter 14

      The Two Factors of A Commodity: Use Value and Value (1867) (pages 105–107)

    3. Chapter 15

      From Value, Price and Profit (1898) (pages 108–119)

    4. Chapter 16

      The Fetishism of Commodities and the Secret Thereof (1867) (pages 120–126)

    5. Chapter 17

      The General Formula for Capital (1867) (pages 127–129)

  6. Part I: Marx Readings - From Manufacture to Modern Industry: The First and Second Industrial Revolutions

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      From Manufacture to Modern Industry: The First and Second Industrial Revolutions (pages 131–134)

    2. Chapter 18

      Division of Labour and Manufacture (1867) (pages 135–142)

    3. Chapter 19

      Machinery and Modern Industry (1867) (pages 143–152)

  7. Part I: Marx Readings - The Downside of Capitalist Growth: Overpopulation, Poverty, Speculative Crises, and Environmental Devastation

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      The Downside of Capitalist Growth: Overpopulation, Poverty, Speculative Crises, and Environmental Devastation (pages 153–156)

    2. Chapter 20

      The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation (1867) (pages 157–160)

    3. Chapter 21

      The Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall (1894) (pages 161–162)

    4. Chapter 22

      Progressive Production of A Relative Surplus Population or Industrial Reserve Army (1867) (pages 163–165)

    5. Chapter 23

      The Increase of Lunacy in Great Britain (1858) (pages 166–168)

    6. Chapter 24

      The Economic Crisis in Europe (1856) (pages 169–171)

    7. Chapter 25

      Modern Industry and Agriculture (1867) (pages 172–173)

  8. Part I: Marx Readings - Globalization and Colonialism: The New International Division of Labor

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      Globalization and Colonialism: The New International Division of Labor (pages 175–178)

    2. Chapter 26

      Foreign Trade (1894) (pages 179–180)

    3. Chapter 27

      Repulsion and Attraction of Workpeople (1867) (pages 181–182)

    4. Chapter 28

      The Crisis in England (1857) (pages 183–185)

    5. Chapter 29

      British Incomes in India (1887) (pages 186–189)

    6. Chapter 30

      The Indian Revolt (1857) (pages 190–193)

  9. Part I: Marx Readings - New Society Rising in the Old: Socially Regulated Capitalism and A Third Industrial Revolution

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      New Society Rising in the Old: Socially Regulated Capitalism and A Third Industrial Revolution (pages 195–198)

    2. Chapter 31

      The Factory Acts (1867) (pages 199–203)

    3. Chapter 32

      The Role of Credit in Capitalist Production (1894) (pages 204–207)

    4. Chapter 33

      Fixed Capital and the Development of the Productive Forces of Society (1857–8) (pages 208–211)

  10. Part I: Marx Readings - The Revolutionary Proletariat and the Vicissitudes of History: Counterrevolution, Dictatorship, or Radical Democracy?

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      The Revolutionary Proletariat and the Vicissitudes of History: Counterrevolution, Dictatorship, or Radical Democracy? (pages 213–217)

    2. Chapter 34

      The Rise of the Revolutionary Proletariat (With Engels) (1848) (pages 219–224)

    3. Chapter 35

      Proletarians and Communists (With Engels) (1848) (pages 225–226)

    4. Chapter 36

      From the Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte (1852) (pages 227–232)

    5. Chapter 37

      From the Civil War in France (1871) (pages 233–244)

    6. Chapter 38

      From Critique of the Gotha Programme (1875) (pages 245–248)

  11. Part II: Contemporary Readings - After Communism: The Death or Return of Marx?

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      After Communism: The Death or Return of Marx? (pages 249–253)

    2. Chapter 39

      Mourning Marxism (pages 255–258)

      Ronald Aronson

    3. Chapter 40

      Marx Redux (pages 259–263)

      David Harvey

    4. Chapter 41

      The Return of Karl Marx (pages 264–272)

      John Cassidy

  12. Part II: Contemporary Readings - New Economy or Old? Information Capitalism and the Polarization of Class, Race, and Ethnicity

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      New Economy or Old? Information Capitalism and the Polarization of Class, Race, and Ethnicity (pages 273–276)

    2. Chapter 42

      The Connected and the Disconnected (pages 277–291)

      Jeremy Rifkin

    3. Chapter 43

      The Architecture of A New Consensus (pages 292–298)

      Thomas Frank

    4. Chapter 44

      Societal Changes and Vulnerable Neighborhoods (pages 299–306)

      William Julius Wilson

    5. Chapter 45

      Fortress L.A. (pages 307–314)

      Mike Davis

  13. Part II: Contemporary Readings - Neoliberal Globalization: Concentration, Proletarianization, and Dislocation in the New Transnational Order

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      Neoliberal Globalization: Concentration, Proletarianization, and Dislocation in the New Transnational Order (pages 315–318)

    2. Chapter 46

      America's Immigration “Problem” (pages 319–325)

      Saskia Sassen

    3. Chapter 47

      “These Dark Satanic Mills” (pages 326–335)

      William Greider

    4. Chapter 48

      From the Great Transformation to the Global Free Market (pages 336–340)

      John Gray

  14. Part II: Contemporary Readings - Emergent Resistance to Neoliberal Globalization: Anti-Corporate Alliance Politics and Direct Actions

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      Emergent Resistance to Neoliberal Globalization: Anti-Corporate Alliance Politics and Direct Actions (pages 341–344)

    2. Chapter 49

      Slouching Toward Seattle (pages 345–351)

      Jeff Faux

    3. Chapter 50

      Seattle Diary (pages 352–360)

      Jeff St. Clair

    4. Chapter 51

      Not Just A Seattle Sequel (pages 361–365)

      Bruce Shapiro

  15. Part II: Contemporary Readings - Rethinking Class and Class Politics After Communism: Avoiding Marxist Determinism and Totalization

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      Rethinking Class and Class Politics After Communism: Avoiding Marxist Determinism and Totalization (pages 367–369)

    2. Chapter 52

      Class Analysis, History, and Emancipation (pages 371–378)

      Erik Olin Wright

    3. Chapter 53

      From Redistribution to Recognition? (pages 379–386)

      Nancy Fraser

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      Bibliography (pages 387–389)

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      Index (pages 390–399)

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