The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx (Oxford Handbooks)

Karl Marx is one of the most influential writers in history. Despite repeated obituaries proclaiming the death of Marxism, in the 21st century Marx's ideas and theories continue to guide vibrant research traditions in sociology, economics, political science, philosophy, history, anthropology, management, economic geography, ecology, literary criticism, and media studies. Due to the exceptionally wide influence and reach of Marxist theory, including over 150 years of historical debates and traditions within Marxism, finding a point of entry can be daunting. The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx provides an entry point for those new to Marxism. At the same time, its chapters, written by leading Marxist scholars, advance Marxist theory and research. Its coverage is more comprehensive than previous volumes on Marx in terms of both foundational concepts and state-of-the-art empirical research on contemporary social problems. It is also provides equal space to sociologists, economists, and political scientists, with substantial contributions from philosophers, historians, and geographers. The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx consists of six sections. The first section, Foundations, includes chapters that cover the foundational concepts and theories that constitute the core of Marx's theories of history, society, and political economy. This section demonstrates that the core elements of Marx's political economy of capitalism continue to be defended, elaborated, and applied to empirical social science and covers historical materialism, class, capital, labor, value, crisis, ideology, and alienation. Additional sections include Labor, Class, and Social Divisions; Capitalist States and Spaces; Accumulation, Crisis, and Class Struggle in the Core Countries; Accumulation, Crisis, and Class Struggle in the Peripheral and Semi-Peripheral Countries; and Alternatives to Capitalism. Cover The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx Copyright Contents About the Editors Contributors Introduction 1. The Enduring Relevance of Karl Marx Part I Foundations 2. Historical Materialism 3. Class and Class Struggle 4. Forces of Production and Relations of Production 5. The Eight Steps in Marx’s Dialectical Method 6. Ideology as Alienated Socialization 7. Marx’s Conceptualization of Value in Capital 8. Value and Class 9. Money 10. Capital 11. Capital: A Revolutionary Social Form 12. The Grammar of Capital: Wealth In-​Against-​and-​Beyond Value 13. Work and Exploitation in Capitalism: The Labor Process and the Valorization Process 14. Capital in General and Competition: The Production and Distribution of Surplus ​Value 15. Reproduction and Crisis in Capitalist Economies 16. The Capitalist State and State Power 17. Capitalist Social Reproduction: The Contradiction between Production and Social Reproduction under Capitalism 18. Marx, Technology, and the Pathological Future of Capitalism 19. Alienation, or Why Capitalism Is Bad for Us 20. The Commodification of Knowledge and Information Part II Labor, Class, and Social Divisions 21. Labor Unions and Movements 22. Migration and the Mobility of Labor 23. Race, Class, and Revolution in the Twenty-​First Century: Lessons from the League of Revolutionary Black Workers 24. Nationalism, Class, and Revolution 25. Hegemony: A Theory of National-​Popular Class Politics Part III Capitalist States and Spaces 26. Capitalist Crises and the State 27. European “Integration” 28. The Urbanization of Capital and the Production of Capitalist Natures Part IV Accumulation, Crisis, and Class Struggle in the Core Countries 29. Stages of Capitalism and Social Structures of Accumulation: A Long View 30. Geriatric Capitalism: Stagnation and Crisis in Western Capitalism 31. Sociopoiesis: Understanding Crisis in the Capitalist World-​System through Complexity Sciences 32. Towards a Marxist Theory of Financialized Capitalism 33. Metabolic Rifts and the Ecological Crisis Part V Accumulation, Crisis, and Class Struggle in the Peripheral and Semi-​Peripheral Countries 34. Global Capital Accumulation and the Specificity of Latin America 35. The Unresolved Agrarian Question in South Asia 36. Asia and the Shift in Marx’s Conception of Revolution and History 37. Analyzing the Middle East 38. Primitive Accumulation in Post-​Soviet Russia Part VI Alternatives to Capitalism 39. Marx’s Concept of Socialism 40. Democratic Socialist Planning 41. The Continuing Relevance of the Marxist Tradition for Transcending Capitalism Index This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online Edited By Matt Vidal, Tony Smith, Tomás Rotta And Paul Prew. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.