Open Marxism 4: Against a closing world

Edith Gonzalez; Ana Cecilia  Dinerstein; Alfonso Garcia Vela; John Holloway

Open Marxism 4: Against a closing world

Edith Gonzalez, Ana Cecilia Dinerstein (Editor), Alfonso Garcia Vela (Editor), John Holloway (Editor)

Department of Social & Policy Sciences

Benemerita Autonomous University of Puebla

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Abstract

The publication of the first three volumes of Open Marxism in the 1990s has had a transformative impact on how we think about Marxism in the twenty-first century.

'Open Marxism' aims to think of Marxism as a theory of struggle, not as an objective analysis of capitalist domination, arguing that money, capital and the state are forms of struggle from above and therefore open to resistance and rebellion. As critical thought is squeezed out of universities and geographical shifts shape the terrain of theoretical discussion, the editors argue now is the time for a new volume that reflects the work that has been carried out during the past decade.

Emphasising the contemporary relevance of 'open Marxism' in our moment of political and economic uncertainty, the collection shines a light on its significance for activists and academics today.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	London - New York
Publisher	Pluto Press
Number of pages	224
Volume	4
ISBN (Print)	9780745340258, 9780745340241
Publication status	Published - 9 Jun 2019

Bibliographical note

Ana Cecilia Dinerstein is Reader in Sociology and teaches critical theory at the University of Bath, United Kingdom. She is author of The Politics of Autonomy in Latin America: The Art of Organising Hope (Palgrave, 2015) and editor of Social Sciences for An-Other Politics. Women Theorising without Parachutes (Palgrave 2016).

Alfonso García Vela is Professor and researcher at the Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, at the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico. His fields of research and teaching are sociology, theories of the state, Frankfurt School critical theory, modern social theory and Western Marxism.

Edith González is a Lecturer at the Universidad del Oriente, Puebla. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico. Her research addresses democracy, social movements and emancipation from a critical perspective.

John Holloway is Professor and researcher at the Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, at the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico. He is the author of Crack Capitalism (Pluto, 2010), Change the World Without Taking Power (Pluto, 2019) and co-editor of Negativity and Revolution (Pluto, 2008).

Keywords

open marxism
crisis
violent world
democracy
revolution
subjectivity
zapatistas
global capital
nation state
Holloway
Dinerstein
Bonefeld
Gunn
Adorno
Bloch
Value theory
critical theory
objectivity

Ana Cecilia Dinerstein
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- Department of Social & Policy Sciences - Professor
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