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Communism in the 21st Century

Volume 1 The Father of Communism: Rediscovering Marx's Ideas

SHANNON BRINCAT, EDITOR

Foreword by Terrell Carver

Copyright 2014 by Shannon Brincat

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Communism in the 21st century / Shannon Brincat, editor ; foreword by Terrell Carver.

volumes cm

Includes index.

ISBN 978-1-4408-0125-9 (hardcopy set : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-4408-0126-6 (ebook)

1. Communism--History--21st century. I. Brincat, Shannon, 1979?

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Copyright Acknowledgments

We would like to kindly acknowledge, with sincere gratitude, permissions to reproduce texts, in part or in full, from the Monthly Review, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Utopian-Studies. We would also like to thank Palgrave and Macmillan for permission to cite passages and materials from Sean Sayers's Marx and Alienation: Essays on Hegelian Themes.

We would like to specifically acknowledge:

Paul Burkett, "Marx's Vision of Sustainable Human Development," Monthly Review 57, no. 5 (2005): 34?62, reproduced by permission of the Monthly Review.

Terry Eagleton, "In Praise of Marx," The Chronicle Review (10 April, 2011) http:// article/In-Praise-of-Marx/127027/, reproduced by permission of The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Roger Paden, "Marx's Critique of the Utopian Socialists," Utopian Studies 13, no. 3 (2002): 67?91, reproduced by permission of Utopian Studies.

Roger Paden, "Marxism, Utopianism, and Modern Urban Planning," Utopian Studies 14, no. 1 (2003): 82?111, reproduced by permission of Utopian Studies.

Sean Sayers, Marx and Alienation: Essays on Hegelian Themes. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke and New York, 2011: chapters 7?9, cited at length with permission of Palgrave and Macmillan.

These volumes are dedicated to my brother, Dustin Brincat, who upon reading the Communist Manifesto for the first time remarked that the communist ideal is the sensible choice given our world's problems, despite the array of asocial behaviors conditioned by contemporary capitalism seemingly opposed to it. By dedicating

this series to him, I hope to convey the depth of my gratitude for all his years of support and the esteem I hold for him.

Contents

Foreword by Terrell Carver

ix

Preface to Volume 1

xxi

Introduction--Communism in the 21st Century:

Vision and Sublation

xxv

Shannon Brincat

1. In Praise of Marx

1

Terry Eagleton

2. Marx on Property, Needs, and Labor in Communist Society

9

Sean Sayers

3. Socialism and the Human Individual in Marx's Work

41

Paresh Chattopadhyay

4. Communism: The Utopian "Marxist Vision"

versus a Dialectical and Scientific Marxist Approach

63

Bertell Ollman

5. Scarcity and the Realm of Freedom

83

Michael A. Lebowitz

6. Emancipation and the Limits of Marx's Cosmopolitan Imaginary 109 Shannon Brincat

7. Marx and Engels's Critique of the Utopian Socialists

and Its Implications for Urban Planning

139

Roger Paden

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