Marxism, Class Analysis and Socialist Pluralism: A Theoretical and Political Critique of Marxist Conceptions of Politics

168 Pages·1986·3.05 MB·English

by  Les Johnston

ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS:
MARXISM
Volume 15
MARXISM, CLASS ANALYSIS AND
SOCIALIST PLURALISM
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MARXISM, CLASS ANALYSIS AND
SOCIALIST PLURALISM
A Theoretical and Political Critique of Marxist
Conceptions of Politics
LES JOHNSTON
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Marxism, Class
Analysis and
Socialist Pluralism
A THEORETICAL AND POLITICAL
CRITIQUE OF MARXIST
CONCEPTIONS OF POLITICS
Les Johnston
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Johnston, Les
Marxism, class analysis and socialist pluralism:
a theoretical and political critique of Marxist
conceptions of politics.
1. Communism
I. Title
320.5'315 HX73
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Acknowledgement
The author and publishers would like to thank Routledge
& Kegan Paul for permission to use material from the
author’s article ‘Marxism and capitalist possession’,
Sociological Review, vol. 32, no. 1, (1984), pp. 18—37, in
Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 of this book.
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Preface
References to works cited in the text are given by
author and date, with full details of publication being
provided in the Bibliography. In the case of works by
Marx and Engels, the original date of each work is given,
and where page references are cited these relate to the
English language editions listed in the Bibliography.