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The current resurgence of Marxism is based on new sources of inspiration and creativity from movements that seek democratic, egalitarian and ecological alternatives to capitalism. The Marxism of many of these movements is neither dogmatic nor prescriptive, but rather, open, searching, utopian. It revolves around four primary factors: the importance of democracy for an emancipatory project; the ecological limits of capitalism; the crisis of global capitalism; and the learning of lessons from the failures of Marxist-inspired experiments. Marxisms in the Twenty-First Century challenges vanguardist Marxism featured in South Africa and beyond. Featuring leading thinkers from the Left, the book offers provocative ideas on interpreting our current world and serves as an excellent introduction to new ways of thinking about Marxism to students and scholars in the field. Many anti-capitalist traditions and themes - including democracy, globalisation, feminism, critique and ecology inform and shape the contributions in this volume.Indexed in Clarivate Analytics Book Citation Index (Web of Science Core Collection)

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Series Page
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  1. Acknowledgements
  2. p. iv
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  1. Contents
  2. p. v
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  1. Acronyms and Abbreviations
  2. p. vi
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  1. Introduction
  2. Michelle Williams
  3. pp. 1-14
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  1. Part One: Democratising and globalising Marxism
  1. Chapter 1: Marxism and democracy: Liberal, vanguard or direct?
  2. Michelle Williams
  3. pp. 16-33
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  1. Chapter 2: Marxism after Polanyi
  2. Michael Burawoy
  3. pp. 34-52
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  1. Chapter 3: Transnationalising Gramscian Marxism
  2. Vishwas Satgar
  3. pp. 53-82
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  1. Part Two: Marxism and left politics
  1. Chapter 4: Notes on critique
  2. Ahmed Veriava
  3. pp. 84-115
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  1. Chapter 5: Marxism and feminism: ‘Unhappy marriage’ or creative partnership?
  2. Jacklyn Cock, Meg Luxton
  3. pp. 116-142
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  1. Chapter 6: Marx and the eco-logic of fossil capitalism
  2. Devan Pillay
  3. pp. 143-166
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  1. Part Three: Crises of Marxism in Africa and possibilities for the future
  1. Chapter 7: Retrospect: Seven theses about Africa’s Marxist regimes
  2. Daryl Glaser
  3. pp. 168-195
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  1. Chapter 8: Socialism and southern Africa
  2. John S. Saul
  3. pp. 196-219
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  1. Chapter 9: Uneven and combined Marxism within South Africa’s urban social movements
  2. Patrick Bond, Ashwin Desai, Trevor Ngwane
  3. pp. 220-259
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  1. Chapter 10: Critical reflections on the crisis and limits of ANC ‘Marxism’
  2. Mazibuko K. Jara
  3. pp. 260-280
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  1. Conclusion
  2. Vishwas Satgar
  3. pp. 281-286
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 287-288
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 289-298
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  1. Back Cover
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