This volume assembles several of the Galician Marxist's most important essays, and serves as an accessible introduction to his project of 'recovering' Marx. Grossman highlights distinctive features of Marx's economic theory through contrasting with his forerunners, from Adam Smith to Jean Charles Sismondi. He moves on to show how many Marxist economists import faulty assumptions from mainstream economics into their analyses, and in the process provides a unique overview of the major debates among Marxists over politics and economics between Marx's death and the rise of Fascism in Germany.
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Henryk Grossman’s substantial essays highlight vital but still neglected aspects of Marx’s economic theory
Acknowledgementsiii
Introduction by Rick Kuhn1
Simonde de Sismondi and his economic theories25
Fifty years of struggle over Marxism 1883–193271
Marx, classical political economy and the problem of dynamics111
The evolutionist revolt against classical economics163
W. Playfair, the earliest theorist of capitalist development197
References215
Index239
Introduction by Rick Kuhn1
Simonde de Sismondi and his economic theories25
Fifty years of struggle over Marxism 1883–193271
Marx, classical political economy and the problem of dynamics111
The evolutionist revolt against classical economics163
W. Playfair, the earliest theorist of capitalist development197
References215
Index239
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781608467792
Publisert
2017-11-14
Utgiver
Haymarket Books
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
154 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
300
Forfatter
Oversetter
Biografisk notat
Henryk Grossman (18811950) was the most important Marxist economist of the Twentith Century. He was a founding leader of the Jewish Social Democratic Party of Galicia and later a member of the Polish Communist Workers Party. After holding posts as a senior public servant and professor in Poland, he was a member of the Institute for Social Research in Germany and, following the Nazi takeover, in exile.
Dr Rick Kuhn is an honorary associate professor in Sociology at the Australian National University and long term socialist activist, who has written extensively on Marxist theory as well as Australian politics and political economy. His Henryk Grossman and the Recovery of Marxism won the 2007 Deutscher Prize.