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4 - The Marxist Legacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 December 2020

By
Peter Beilharz
Edited by
Peter Kivisto
Peter Kivisto
Affiliation:
Augustana College, Illinois
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Summary

The Marxist legacy is rich, plural, and contradictory. It is characterized by complexity and difference, but it can also be understood as bifurcated. There are two souls of socialism. One leads to domination; the other seeks out emancipation. This chapter seeks to map both the dualism and the diversity that have been suggested by thinkers ranging from Marx himself through to his remaining followers today.

Peter Beilharz is Professor of Culture and Society at Curtin University, Western Australia, and Professor of Critical Theory at Sichuan University. He is the author of 30 books and 200 papers. He founded the journal Thesis Eleven in 1980.

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Bolshevismcritical theoryMarxMarxismpost-MarxismstructuralismWestern Marxism
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The Cambridge Handbook of Social Theory , pp. 65 - 83
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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