Marxist Theory (oxford Readings In Politics And Government)

This Volume Presents A Selection Of Influential Essays By Analytical Marxists. Linked By A Positivist Approach To Philosophy And Social Science As Well As The Analytical Idiom, Contributors Including Alex Callinicos, G. A. Cohen, Jon Elster, Norman Geras, Andrew Levine, Richard W. Miller, And Eric Olin Wright Examine Theoretical Problems That Arise Once A Hegelian Conceptual Franework Has Been Abandoned. Introduction : Analytical Marxism -- Rationality And Class Struggle / Andrew Levine And Erik Olin Wright -- Marxism, Functionalism, And Game Theory : The Case For Methodological Individualism / Jon Elster -- Reply To Elster In 'marxism, Functionalism, And Game Theory' / G.a. Cohen -- Anthony Giddens : A Contemporary Critique / Alex Callinicos -- Econsidering Historical Materialism / G.a. Cohen -- Marx And Aristotle : A Kind Of Consequentialism / Richard W. Miller -- The Controversy About Marx And Justice / Norman Geras. Edited By Alex Callinicos. Includes Bibliographical References. Contents Introduction: Analytical Marxism i. Rationality and Class Struggle by Andrew Levine and Erik Olin Wright 2. Marxism, Functionalism, and Game Theory: The Case for Methodological Individualism by Jon Elster 3. Reply to Elster on 'Marxism, Functionalism, and Game Theory by G. A. Cohen 4. Anthony Giddens: A Contemporary Critique by Alex Callinicos 5. Reconsidering Historical Materialism by G. A. Cohen 6. Marx and Aristotle: A Kind of Consequentialism by Richard W. Miller 7. The Controversy about Marx and Justice by Norman Geras Notes on the Contributors Select Bibliography A selection of influential essays by analytical Marxists, linked not only by the authors' use of the analytical idiom and a "positivist" approach to philosophy and social science, but also by their common concern with problems which arise once a Hegelian conceptual framework has been abandoned.