From: Rakesh Bhandari (bhandari@BERKELEY.EDU)
Date: Tue Jan 04 2005 - 11:49:03 EST
Historical Materialism Book Series More than ten years after the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the disappearance of Marxism as a (supposed) state ideology, the need for a serious and long-term Marxist book publishing programme is now clear. Subjected to the whims of fashion, most contemporary publishers have abandoned any of the systematic production of Marxist theoretical work that they may have indulged in during the 1970s and early 1980s. The HM book series addresses this great gap with original monographs, translated texts and reprints of 'classics'. At least three titles will be published every year. All editorial enquiries and proposals to hm@lse.ac.uk Editorial board: Paul Blackledge, Leeds; Sebastian Budgen, Paris; Jim Kincaid, Leeds; Stathis Kouvelakis, Paris; Marcel van der Linden, Amsterdam; China Miéville, London; Paul Reynolds, Lancashire. Between Equal Rights A Marxist Theory of International Law China Miéville * December 2004 * ISBN 90 04 13134 5 * Hardback (xii, 380 pp.) * List price EUR 69.- / US$ 93.- * Historical Materialism Book Series, 6 This book critically examines existing theories of international law and makes the case for an alternative Marxist approach. China Miéville draws on the pioneering jurisprudence of Evgeny Pashukanis linking law to commodity exchange, and in turn uses international law to make better sense of Pashukanis. Miéville argues that despite its advances, the recent 'New Stream' of radical international legal scholarship, like the mainstream it opposes, fails to make sense of the legal form itself. Drawing on Marxist theory and a critical history of international law from the sixteenth century to the present day, Miéville seeks to address that failure, and argues that international law is fundamentally constituted by the violence of imperialism 'Respectful of the Marxist classics, Between Equal Rights is the most sophisticated Left critique of international law available today as well as one of the most significant contributions to the theory and history of international law I have read. It raises the debate about law's role in a globalised world order to a completely new level.' Martti Koskenniemi, Director of the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights, University of Helsinki. 'China Miéville's brilliantly original book is an indispensable guide for anyone concerned with international law. It is the most comprehensive scholarly account available of the central theoretical debates about the foundations of international law. ... Miéville's insistence that any adequate account of the foundations of contemporary international law must explore its inner connection with the sociology of capitalism is both a novelty in the field and surely the right starting point for a new, much needed debate about this important subject.' Peter Gowan, Professor of International Relations, London Metropolitan University. 'Š Between Equal Rights represents a real oasis in the desert for those of us teaching the law of nations, international relations, or diplomatic history. We have waited a long time for a comprehensive and progressive critique of international law. Miéville proves the wait was worth it.' Anthony Chase, Professor of Law, Nova Southeastern University Law Center China Miéville, Ph.D. (2001) in International Relations, London School of Economics, is an independent researcher and an award-winning novelist. He is a member of the editorial board of Historical Materialism. UPDATED AND WITH NEW INTRODUCTION The German Revolution, 1917-1923 Pierre Broué, Translated by John Archer. Edited by Ian Birchall and Brian Pearce. With an Introduction by Eric D. Weitz * November 2004 * ISBN 90 04 13940 0 * Hardback (1000 pp.) * List price EUR 129.- / US$ 169.- * Historical Materialism Book Series, 5 On 12 October 1923, Grigory Zinoviev, president of the Communist International wrote the following in Pravda: The German events are developing with the inexorability of fate. The path which it took the Russian Revolution twelve years to cover, from 1906 to 1917, will have taken the German Revolution five years, from 1918 to 1923. Š The proletarian revolution is knocking at Germany's door; you would have to be blind not to see it. Š Very soon, everyone will see that this autumn of 1923 is a turningpoint, not just for the history of Germany, but for the history of the whole world. In fact, far from being on the point of triumphing, the German Revolution was on the verge of an irredeemable disaster which would soon inflict terrible consequences on Germany and the world. In this magisterial work, first published 1971 and still unsurpassed, Pierre Broué meticulously reconstitutes the six decisive years during which - between 'ultra-leftism and 'opportunism', 'sectarianism' and 'revisionism', 'activism' and 'passivity' - the German revolutionaries attempted to begin a new chapter in the history of the proletariat. Pierre Broué (born 1926) was for many years Professor of Contemporary History at the Institut d'études politiques in Grenoble. A world renowned specialist of the communist and international workers' movements, he is the founder of the Cahiers Léon Trotsky, editor of Leon Trotsky's writings in French and the author of many publications. Pavel V. Maksakovsky: The Capitalist Cycle An Essay on the Marxist Theory of the Cycle Translated with introduction and commentary by Richard B. Day * In print 2004 * ISBN 90 04 13824 2 * Hardback (xlviii, 152 pp.) * List price EUR 59.- / US$ 84.- * Historical Materialism Book Series, 4 The Capitalist Cycle is a translation of a previously unknown work in Marxist economic theory. Originally published in 1928, this rediscovered work is one of the most creative essays written by a Soviet economist during the first two decades after the Russian Revolution. Following the dialectic of Hegel and Marx, Maksakovsky aims to provide a 'concluding chapter' for Marx's Capital. The book examines economic methodology and logically reconstructs Marx's analysis into a comprehensive and dynamic theory of cyclical economic crises. The introductory essay by Richard B. Day situates Maksakovsky's work within the Hegelian and Marxist philosophical traditions by emphasizing the book's dialectical logic as well as its contribution to economic science. Table of Contents Translator's Introduction: Maksakovsky's The Capitalist Cycle Pavel V. Maksakovsky The Capitalist Cycle: An Essay on the Marxist Theory of the Cycle Foreword by A.S. Mendel'son Introduction 1. Methodological Foundations of the Theory of the Conjuncture 2. The General Theory of the Cycle 3. The Role of Credit in the Conjuncture 4. The Problem of Crises in the Works of Marx 5. In Place of a Conclusion Bibliography Index Richard B. Day, Ph.D. (1970), University of London, is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Toronto. He has written extensively on early Soviet debates and translated several books, including works by N.I. Bukharin and E.A. Preobrazhensky. NOW WITH NEW INTRODUCTION Making History Agency, Structure, and Change in Social Theory Alex Callinicos * * In print 2004 * ISBN 90 04 13627 4 * Hardback (liv, 290 pp.) * List price EUR 49.- / US$ 70.- * Historical Materialism Book Series, 3 Making History is about the question - central to social theory - of how human agents draw their powers from the social structures they are involved in. Drawing on classical Marxism, analytical philosophy, and a wide range of historical writing, Alex Callinicos seeks to avoid two unacceptable extremes: dissolving the subject into an impersonal flux, as poststructuralists tend to; and treating social structures as the mere effects of individual action (for example, rational-choice theory). Among those discussed are Althusser, Anderson, Benjamin, Brenner, Cohen, Elster, Foucault, Giddens, Habermas, and Mann. Callinicos has written an extended introduction to this new edition that reviews developments since Making History was first published in 1987. This republication gives a new generation of readers access to an important intervention in Marxism and social theory. Alex Callinicos, D.Phil. (1979) in Philosophy, University of Oxford, is Professor of Politics at the University of York (UK). He has written widely about Marxism and social theory. His most recent books are Social Theory (1999), Equality (2000), Against the Third Way (2001) and An Anti-Capitalist Manifesto (2003), all published by Polity. The Theory of Revolution in the Young Marx Michael Löwy * In print 2002 * ISBN 90 04 12901 4 * Hardback (x, 206 pp.) * List price EUR 49.- / US$ 70.- * Historical Materialism Book Series, 2 This book proposes a Marxist analysis of young Marx's intellectual evolution, from left neo-Hegelianism to his new philosophy of praxis. It distinguishes itself from most other books on the early Marx by its object - the theory of (proletarian) revolutionary self-emancipation - and its method: to understand the movement of Marx's political and philosophical ideas in relation to the most radical currents in the labour movement of his time (beginning with Chartism and the uprising of the Silesian weavers in 1844). The central theoretical argument of the author is that Marx's philosophy of praxis - first formulated in the Thesis on Feuerbach - is at the same time the founding stone of a new world view, and the methodological basis for the theory of revolutionary self-emancipation. Table of Contents Preface Introduction CHAPTER ONE The Transition to Communism (1842-1844) CHAPTER TWO The Theory of Communist Revolution (1844-1846) CHAPTER THREE The Theory of the Party (1846- 1848) CHAPTER FOUR Party, Masses and Revolution, from Marx's Time to Ours Index Michael Löwy, Ph.D. (1974) in Human Sciences, Sorbonne, is Research Director in Sociology at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris. He has published on Marx, Lukács and Walter Benjamin, as well as (with Robert Sayre) Romanticism Against the Tide of Modernity (Duke, 2001). The New Dialectic and Marx's Capital Christopher J. Arthur * In print 2002 * ISBN 90 04 12798 4 * Hardback (viii, 264 pp.) * List price EUR 49.- / US$ 70.- * Historical Materialism Book Series, 1 Also available in paperback: * ISBN 90 04 13643 6 * Paperback (viii, 264 pp.) * List price EUR 32.- / US$ 32.- This book both argues for, and demonstrates, a new turn to dialectic. Marx's Capital was clearly influenced by Hegel's dialectical figures: here, case by case, the significance of these is clarified. More, it is argued that, instead of the dialectic of the rise and fall of social systems, what is needed is a method of articulating the dialectical relations characterising a given social whole. Marx learnt from Hegel the necessity for a systematic development, and integration, of categories; for example, the category of 'value' can be fully comprehended only in the context of the totality of capitalist relations. These studies thus shed new light on Marx's great work, while going beyond it in many respects. Christopher J. Arthur studied at the Universities of Nottingham and Oxford. For 25 years he taught Philosophy at the University of Sussex. He is a leading Marx scholar whose publications include Dialectics of Labour: Marx and his Relation to Hegel (Blackwell, 1986). 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