The Marxism of Manuel Sacristán : From Communism to the New Social Movements

The Marxism of Manuel Sacristán: From Communism to the New Social Movements offers a substantial selection of some the most significant writings on Marx, Marxism, and radical social theory by Manuel Sacristán, Spain’s most important Marxist philosopher. Whether discussing Marx’s intellectual development and philosophical views, exploring central issues in Marxist theory or analysing the challenge to contemporary Marxism from feminism, pacifism and environmentalism, Sacristán emerges in these pages as both a major Marx scholar and a formidable social theorist in his own right. The Marxism of Manuel Sacristán makes available in English for the first time many of the key texts by a brilliant, yet neglected, Marxist thinker. Contents 5 Acknowledgements 7 Introduction 9 A Note on This Edition 31 Part 1 On Marx and Engels 35 Chapter 1 Marx’s Scientific Work and His Notion of Science 37 Chapter 2 Karl Marx as a Sociologist of Science 75 Chapter 3 Engels’s Task in Anti-Dühring 129 Chapter 4 Marx on Spain 149 Chapter 5 What is Dialectic? 162 Chapter 6 One Hundred Years On: To What ‘Literary Genre’ Does Marx’s Capital Belong? 171 Chapter 7 On the Centenary of Karl Marx’s Death 175 Chapter 8 Which Marx Will Be Read in the Twenty-First Century? 178 Part 2 On Political Ecology, Communist Politics, and the New Social Movements 185 Chapter 9 Political Ecological Considerations in Marx 187 Chapter 10 Paper for the Conference on Politics and Ecology 197 Chapter 11 The Political and Ecological Situation in Spain and the Way to Approach This Situation Critically from a Position on the Left 204 Chapter 12 Three Notes on the Clash of Cultures and Genocide 209 Chapter 13 On the Subject of ‘Eurocommunism’ 220 Chapter 14 On Stalinism 228 Chapter 15 Marxist Parties and the Peace Movement 238 Chapter 16 The Marxist Tradition and New Problems 242 Part 3 Interviews 261 Chapter 17 ‘Gramsci is a classic, he is not a fad’: Interview with the Diario de Barcelona 263 Chapter 18 Manuel Sacristán Speaks With Dialéctica 267 Chapter 19 Interview with Naturaleza 286 Chapter 20 Interview with Mundo Obrero 293 Further Reading 301 References 303 Index 316 Acknowledgements ... vii Introduction ... 1 A Note on This Edition ... 23 PART 1 On Marx and Engels 1 Marx’s Scientific Work and His Notion of Science ... 29 2 Karl Marx as a Sociologist of Science ... 67 3 Engels’s Task in Anti-Dühring ... 121 4 Marx on Spain ... 141 5 What is Dialectic? ... 154 6 One Hundred Years On: To What ‘Literary Genre’ Does Marx’s Capital Belong? ... 163 7 On the Centenary of Karl Marx’s Death ... 167 8 Which Marx Will Be Read in the Twenty-First Century? ... 170 PART 2 On Political Ecology, Communist Politics, and the New Social Movements 9 Political Ecological Considerations in Marx ... 179 10 Paper for the Conference on Politics and Ecology ... 189 11 The Political and Ecological Situation in Spain and the Way to Approach This Situation Critically from a Position on the Left ... 196 12 Three Notes on the Clash of Cultures and Genocide ... 201 13 On the Subject of ‘Eurocommunism’ ... 212 14 On Stalinism ... 220 15 Marxist Parties and the Peace Movement ... 230 16 The Marxist Tradition and New Problems ... 234 PART 3 Interviews 17 ‘Gramsci is a classic, he is not a fad’: Interview with the Diario de Barcelona ... 255 18 Manuel Sacristán Speaks with Dialéctica ... 259 19 Interview with Naturaleza ... 278 20 Interview with Mundo Obrero ... 285 Further Reading ... 293 References ... 295 Index .. 308 The Marxism of Manuel Sacrista¿¿n: From Communism to the New Social Movements offers a substantial selection of some the most significant writings on Marx, Marxism, and radical social theory by Manuel Sacrista¿¿n, Spain's most important Marxist philosopher. Whether discussing Marx's intellectual development and philosophical views, exploring central issues in Marxist theory or analysing the challenge to contemporary Marxism from feminism, pacifism and environmentalism, Sacrista¿¿n emerges in these pages as both a major Marx scholar and a formidable social theorist in his own right. The Marxism of Manuel Sacrista¿¿n makes available in English for the first time many of the key texts by a brilliant, yet neglected, Marxist thinker Translated and Edited by Renzo Llorente.0This book offers a substantial selection of some the most significant writings on Marx, Marxism, and radical social theory by Manuel Sacristán, Spain’s most important Marxist philosopher. Whether discussing Marx’s intellectual development and philosophical views, exploring central issues in Marxist theory or analysing the challenge to contemporary Marxism from feminism, pacifism and environmentalism, Sacristán emerges in these pages as both a major Marx scholar and a formidable social theorist in his own right.0The Marxism of Manuel Sacristán makes available in English for the first time many of the key texts by a brilliant, yet neglected, Marxist thinker Translated and edited by Renzo Llorente, this book offers a substantial selection of some the most significant writings on Marx, Marxism, and radical social theory by Manuel Sacristán, Spain's most important Marxist philosopher. Whether discussing Marx'ss intellectual development and philosophical views, exploring central issues in Marxist theory or analysing the challenge to contemporary Marxism from feminism, pacifism and environmentalism, Sacristán emerges in these pages as both a major Marx scholar and a formidable social theorist in his own right The Marxism of Manuel Sacristán: From Communism to the New Social Movements offers a substantial selection of some of the most significant writings on Marx, Marxism, and radical social theory by Spain's most important Marxist philosopher