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The Challenge and Burden of Historical Time: Socialism in the Twenty-First Century
István Mészáros
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Description for The Challenge and Burden of Historical Time: Socialism in the Twenty-First Century
Paperback. Socialism in the Twenty-first Century. 480 pages. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 3JM; JPFF. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 28. Weight: 548.
An extraordinary new work by the leading Marxian philosopher of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, "The Challenge and Burden of Historical Time" represents a breakthrough in the development of socialist thought. It can be seen both as a companion volume to his earlier pathbreaking "Beyond Capital" and a major theoretical contribution in its own right. Its focus is on the "decapitation of historical time" in today's capitalism and the necessity of a new "socialist time accountancy" as a revolutionary response to the debilitating present.Extending Meszaros' earlier analysis of capitalism as a social-metabolic system caught in an irreversible structural ... Read more
An extraordinary new work by the leading Marxian philosopher of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, "The Challenge and Burden of Historical Time" represents a breakthrough in the development of socialist thought. It can be seen both as a companion volume to his earlier pathbreaking "Beyond Capital" and a major theoretical contribution in its own right. Its focus is on the "decapitation of historical time" in today's capitalism and the necessity of a new "socialist time accountancy" as a revolutionary response to the debilitating present.Extending Meszaros' earlier analysis of capitalism as a social-metabolic system caught in an irreversible structural ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Monthly Review Press
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781583671696
SKU
V9781583671696
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About István Mészáros
ISTVAN MESZAROS is author of Socialism or Barbarism: From the 'American Century' to the Crossroads, Beyond Capital: Toward a Theory of Transition, and Marx's Theory of Alienation.
Reviews for The Challenge and Burden of Historical Time: Socialism in the Twenty-First Century
"Today Meszaros's theoretical insights are becoming a material force, gripping the masses through various world-historical figures including Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez." JOHN BELLAMY FOSTER, Editor, Monthly Review"