From Paris Commune to Perestroika [Hardcover]

Marxism, much acclaimed by followers of Marx as a revolutionary philosophy and a scientific guide to action was attack from time to time by critics from different angles. The study aims at analyzing the response of some eminent Marxist intellectuals of different Marxist schools of thought in the West to the stand taken by the critics of orthodox Marxist view of capitalist state. While reviewing the contributions of some important Marxism schools of thought, the book attempts to critically evaluate some of the recent Marxist interpretations of the post-War developments in capitalist, socialist and the Third World countries. Contemporary phenomena such as the dynamics of the state in the late capitalist societies, prospects of development in the Third World and the socialist content of the Russian ‘Perestroika’ and Chinese ‘modernisation’ have also come under scrutiny. A compulsory reading for all those who want to understand the Marxists, response to the confusions created by the theories and practices of the ‘non-Marxists’ and the so-called ‘Marxists;. About The Author:- H. Srikant is a member of the faculty at the Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. He has joined the Department of International Relations Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. Contents:- Foreword • Preface • Acknowledgements • Key Question on State, Classes and Revolution • State in the Capitalist Societies: Instrument or Independent? • Capitalist State, Politics and Class Struggles: Structures vs. Praxis • Welfare State and Social Reproduction : Myth and Reality • State and Ruling Class in the Third World : Dependency or Self-reliance • Economic and Political Reforms in the USSR: Reconstruction-Revisionism • Present State of Revolution : Obstacles and Options • Bibliography • Index. The Title 'From Paris Commune to Perestroika written/authored/edited by H. Srikanth', published in the year 1991. The ISBN 9788121203265 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 223 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History / Archaeology / Political Science. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-