Marxism and left-wing politics in Europe and Iran [Elektronische Ressource

This book reveals aspects of the rise and fall of the European and Iranian Left, their conceptualization of Marxism and ideological formations. Questions regarding the Left and Marxism within two seemingly different economic, political and intellectual and cultural contexts require comprehensive comparative histories of the two settings. This project investigates the intellectual transformations, which the European and Iranian Left have experienced after the Russian Revolution to the present. It examines the impacts of these transformations on their conceptualizations of history and revolution, domination and ideology, emancipation and universality, democracy and equality. The monograph will appeal to researchers, scholars and graduate students in the fields of political science, Middle Eastern and European studies, political history and comparative politics. Yadullah Shahibzadeh is Author of The Iranian Political Language: From the late Nineteenth Century to the Present (2015), and Islamism and Post-Islamism in Iran: An Intellectual History (2016). Previously, he taught at the University of Oslo, Norway Front Matter ....Pages i-x Introduction (Yadullah Shahibzadeh)....Pages 1-11 From True Democracy to Communism (Yadullah Shahibzadeh)....Pages 13-26 The Vanguard Party and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (Yadullah Shahibzadeh)....Pages 27-46 The Crisis of Marxism: Ideology and Class Consciousness (Yadullah Shahibzadeh)....Pages 47-59 Iran as Part of Global Communism (Yadullah Shahibzadeh)....Pages 61-81 Ideological Formation of Stalinist Marxism in Iran and France (Yadullah Shahibzadeh)....Pages 83-106 The Crisis of Stalinism After 1953 (Yadullah Shahibzadeh)....Pages 107-123 French Marxism: Ideology and the Question of Power (Yadullah Shahibzadeh)....Pages 125-140 The New Left in Iran: A Discourse on Gun and Politics (Yadullah Shahibzadeh)....Pages 141-170 The Educator Must Be Educated (Yadullah Shahibzadeh)....Pages 171-191 From Communism to Democracy (Yadullah Shahibzadeh)....Pages 193-214 Toward a Communist Democracy (Yadullah Shahibzadeh)....Pages 215-240 Conclusion (Yadullah Shahibzadeh)....Pages 241-246 Back Matter ....Pages 247-269