Following Marx’s own itinerary from Paris to London, from politics to the critique of political economy, The Marx of Communism delves into a creatively unfolding international debate on the democracy-communism relation, while supporting a 21st century communism as a social alternative to capitalism.

Chapter 1: From the Marx of Democracy to the Marx of Communism.- Chapter 2: Marx in the City of Enlightenment and Revolutions.- Chapter 3: Marx as a Critic of Political Revolution.- Chapter 4: Marx as a Thinker of Communism. Communism as a Society (Strategy).- Chapter 5: Marx as a Theoretician of the Communist Revolution. Communism as a Movement (Tactics).- Chapter 6: The Marx of Communism and the Communist Cause of our Time.

Following Marx’s own itinerary from Paris to London, from politics to the critique of political economy, The Marx of Communism delves into a creatively unfolding international debate on the democracy-communism relation, while supporting a 21st century communism as a social alternative to capitalism. Taking into consideration Marx’s analysis of communism both as a movement and a social formation, this study focuses on the dialectics of transition from capitalism to communism. Dealing with communism as the outcome of a long-term cultural and political process, the author defends Marxian communism as the open-ended constitution of a self-governed demos, whose citizens create their own way of life on the ground of a stateless and classless society. From this point of view, the end of the state does not mean the end, but the revival of politics in terms of a communist bios. Reshaping their collective and personal values and setting limits to the production/technology dynamics of their economy, this book argues, the citizens of a communist polis form a promising antithesis to the private individuals of a capitalist society.Alexandros Chrysis is Professor of the Philosophy of History & History of Ideas at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece. He is the author of “True Democracy” as a Prelude to Communism: The Marx of Democracy (2018).

Argues in favor of a radical distinction between capitalist and communist politics Brings into contact the Ancient Greek political theory of demos with the future perspective of a communist politeia Counterposes Marxian Communism against productivism and technological determinism