Marx and Europe:Beyond Stereotypes, Below Utopias:30 (Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations, 30)

by: Matthieu de Nanteuil (Editor),Anders Fjeld(Editor)

Publisher: Springer
Edition:2024th

Publication Date: 11 April 2024

Language: English

Print Length: 184 pages

ISBN-10: 3031537351

ISBN-13: 9783031537356

Book Description

This book provides a unique scientific contribution to the debate on Marx's legacy in proposing to critically articulate two “lines of discussion” which are most often kept apart. On the one hand, it reassesses the place of Marxian thought in the construction of Europe, seeking to revitalize the European political debate. On the other, it situates Marx' thought in the perspective of postcolonial and decolonial studies, with particular attention to their effort to overcome the indisputable limits of the Marxian legacy. In asking whether Marx’ thought was too European or not European enough, the book examines inteationalist emancipatory politics and eurocentrism, class struggle and finance in the shaping of the European institutions, migration, identity and violence, as well as Marxian critiques of colonialism both within and beyond Europe. At a time of extreme tension, also within leftist politics, this book provides a precise and rigorous argument on what continues to make Marx'sthought relevant, in grappling with social domination in the era of global capitalism, while also exploring the limits of Marxism today, both at the European level and worldwide.