{"product_id":"9781350527218","title":"Open Marxism Critical Theory as Militant Enlightenment","description":"\u003ch3\u003eCritical Theory and the Critique of Society\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eOpen Marxism\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCritical Theory as Militant Enlightenment\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChristos Memos | Chris O’Kane | Werner Bonefeld\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ Political Ideologies \/ Communism, Post-Communism \u0026amp; Socialism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing together the various heterodox traditions, groups and scholars that came under the heading of Open Marxism for the first time, this book assesses the evolution of Open Marxism from the initial usage of the term by Kostas Axelos in France in the 1950s and the journal, \u003ci\u003eArguments\u003c\/i\u003e, principally the 'anarchist Marx' of Maximilien Rubel and the 'Libertarian Marxism' of Daniel Guérin, through Open Marxism as it was developed in Eastern Europe, especially in the scholarly work of Karel Kosik in Czechoslovakia, the work of the Polish Open Marxists and the \u003ci\u003ePraxis\u003c\/i\u003e group in Yugoslavia, to Johannes Agnoli's work in post-1968 (West) Germany, and finally to the work developed by Bonefeld, Clarke, Gunn and Holloway within the framework of the Conference of Socialist Economists (CSE) in Britain since the 1980s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIts comprehensive study of the historical development of Open Marxism in all its various guises and forms reasserts the rich insights of its devastating critique of social democracy, Leninism-Stalinism and the Althusserian structuralist paradigm. It introduces a new readership to Open Marxism's negative, fundamental, and destructive critique of capitalism and examines the practical relevance of its subversive thinking to the contemporary struggle for a free and open socialist society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChristos Memos \u003c\/b\u003eis Lecturer of Sociology at Abertay University, Dundee, UK. His research interests include critical social and political theory, political sociology, and economic sociology\/critical political economy. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCastoriadis and Critical Theory: Crisis, Critique and Radical Alternatives \u003c\/i\u003e(2014) and \u003ci\u003eGlobal Economic Crisis as Social Hieroglyphic: Genesis, Constitution, and Regressive Progress\u003c\/i\u003e (2021).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350527218\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e216\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.04\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944596177036,"sku":"9781350527218","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_6d418493-89d6-4a8d-8b95-016273faceab.jpg?v=1786035630","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350527218","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}