I write about socialism, Marxism, International relations theory etc. Recent books: Historical Dictionary of Socialism, 4th ed (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024); Harold Laski, the Reluctant Marxist (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024).
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I very much enjoyed reading Matt McManus' book *The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism* , which I reviewed for Historical Materialism. My review is available to read online.
I just looked through the 10 titles of the papers. This is excellent, interesting and important work.
Indeed, Deleuze is an important and interesting philosopher of the left.
An important new paper!
Its refreshing to read cases of justice in today's world: paydayreport.com/rio-police-c...
I wonder if in your first sentence we should replace 'substitute for" with "symptom of". By all means argue about the wealth and power of the oligarchic class; but if in the meantime we chip away at the symptoms then surely this is a useful thing to do.
This makes Gramsci on hegemony as important and significant as ever or, perhaps, more important and significant than ever.
This looks like an important article. It explores a crucial aspect of legitimation as a means of consolidating support or at least acceptance by significant sections of the populace.
This is a very interesting passage. The first three sentences look as though Horkheimer has an awareness of developments in quantum mechanics, and is weaving this into Marxism.
My review of the very impressive book The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism by Matthew McManus
@mattpolprof.bsky.social has just been published online in the book review section of the Historical Materialism website: www.historicalmaterialism.org/liberal-soci... It is open access.
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Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.
Now online: Matthew McManus, *The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism* reviewed by Peter Lamb.
