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OverviewAn extraordinary new work by the leading Marxian philosopher of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, ""The Challenge and Burden of Historical Time"" represents a breakthrough in the development of socialist thought. It can be seen both as a companion volume to his earlier pathbreaking ""Beyond Capital"" and a major theoretical contribution in its own right. Its focus is on the ""decapitation of historical time"" in today's capitalism and the necessity of a new ""socialist time accountancy"" as a revolutionary response to the debilitating present.Extending Meszaros' earlier analysis of capitalism as a social-metabolic system caught in an irreversible structural crisis, it represents a crushing refutation of the view that ""there is no alternative"" to the current social order. Meszaros' wide-ranging analysis explores the forces behind the expansion of world inequality, the return of imperial interventionism, the growing structural crisis of the capitalist state, and the widening planetary ecological crisis - along with the new hope offered by the reemergence of concrete socialist alternatives.At the heart of his book is an examination of the preconditions of Latin America's historic Bolivarian journey, which is producing new revolutionary transformations in Venezuela, Bolivia, and elsewhere. ""The Challenge and Burden of Historical Time"" is a work of great political and philosophical importance, one that defines the challenges and burdens facing all those who are committed to a more rational, more egalitarian future. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Istvan Meszaros , John Bellamy FosterPublisher: Monthly Review Press,U.S. Imprint: Monthly Review Press,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9781583671702ISBN 10: 1583671706 Pages: 480 Publication Date: 01 August 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviews"""Today Meszaros's theoretical insights are becoming a material force, gripping the masses through various world-historical figures including Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez."" JOHN BELLAMY FOSTER, Editor, Monthly Review""" Today Meszaros's theoretical insights are becoming a material force, gripping the masses through various world-historical figures including Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. JOHN BELLAMY FOSTER, Editor, Monthly Review Author InformationISTVAN MESZAROS is author of Socialism or Barbarism: From the 'American Century' to the Crossroads, Beyond Capital: Toward a Theory of Transition, and Marx's Theory of Alienation. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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