TY  - BOOK
AU  - Le Blanc,Paul
TI  - From Marx to Gramsci: a reader in revolutionary Marxist politics 
SN  - 9781608466238
AV  - HX 36 L445f 2016
U1  - 335.4 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - Haymarket Books
KW  - Communism
KW  - Socialism
KW  - Revolutions
KW  - Comunismo
KW  - Socialismo
N1  - Includes index; Previously published in 1996 by Humanity Books
N2  - From Marx to Gramsci offers a readable introduction to the historical contexts, lives, and revolutionary ideas of six central thinkers in the Marxist tradition—Karl Marx, Frederick Engels, Rosa Luxemburg, V. I. Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Antonio Gramsci. A clear and well-documented introduction demonstrates how their varied contributions represent a revolutionary Marxist synthesis, providing an understanding of capitalist development, a theory of the labor movement, a strategy for revolution, and a conception of the transition to socialism. The bulk of the volume provides a representative sampling of Marxist writings offering insights into the dynamics of history, politics, society, and economics, with an emphasis on struggles for social change. From Marx to Gramsci concludes with a searching discussion, drawing from various critics of Marxism and realities of the late twentieth century, of whether revolutionary Marxism actually has a future
ER  -