Critique of the Gotha Program
by Marx, Karl
"Marx's Critique of the Gotha Program is a revelation. It offers the fullest elaboration of his vision for a communist future, free from the shackles of capital, but also the state. Neglected by the statist versions of socialism, whether Social Democratic or Stalinist that left a wreckage of coercion and disillusionment in their wake, this new annotated translation of Marx's Critique makes clear for the first time the full emancipatory scope of Marx's notion of life after capitalism. An erudite…
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- Full title :Critique of the Gotha Program / Karl Marx ; with a new introduction by Peter Hudis ; translated and annotated by Kevin B. Anderson and Karel Ludenhoff ; afterword by Peter Linebaugh.
Summary
"Marx's Critique of the Gotha Program is a revelation. It offers the fullest elaboration of his vision for a communist future, free from the shackles of capital, but also the state. Neglected by the statist versions of socialism, whether Social Democratic or Stalinist that left a wreckage of coercion and disillusionment in their wake, this new annotated translation of Marx's Critique makes clear for the first time the full emancipatory scope of Marx's notion of life after capitalism. An erudite new introduction by Peter Hudis plumbs the depth of Marx's argument, elucidating how his vision of communism, and the transition to it, was thoroughly democratic. At a time when the rule of capital is being questioned and challenged, this volume makes an essential contribution to a real alternative to capitalism, rather than piecemeal reforms. In the twenty-first century, when it has never been more needed, here is Marx at his most liberatory"--
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- Publication Date:©2023
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):PM Press
- Place of Publication:Oakland, CA
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2023
Notes
"The Critique of the Gotha Programme (German: Kritik des Gothaer Programms) is a document based on a letter by Karl Marx written in early May 1875 to the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany (SDAP), with whom Marx and Friedrich Engels were in close association."--from wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critique_of_the_Gotha_Programme
The Physical Object
- Description:xi, 99 pages ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1629639168, 9781629639161
- oclc:on1246627168
- LC Classification:HX276
- Dewey Decimal:335.4/22
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Program of the Socialist Worker's Party of Germany (Gotha Program) -- Critique of the Gotha Program -- Afterword.
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