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Marx for the 21st Century, a collection of 14 essays by Japanese scholars, is not only about the relevance of Marx today, but also about Marx Studies, Marx-reception and Marxology in Japan. The themes, thinkers and texts discussed in this volume include: modernity, socialism, theory of history, orig...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pradip Baksi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pluto Journals 2011-06-01
Series:World Review of Political Economy
Online Access:https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.2307/41917740
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Summary:Marx for the 21st Century, a collection of 14 essays by Japanese scholars, is not only about the relevance of Marx today, but also about Marx Studies, Marx-reception and Marxology in Japan. The themes, thinkers and texts discussed in this volume include: modernity, socialism, theory of history, original accumulation of capital, time sovereignty, distributive justice, environmental problems, labor money, civil/civilized society, Keynesianisms, World Systems Theory, John Stuart Mill, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Louis Blanc, Karl Marx, Max Weber, the Communist Manifesto, and The German Ideology. This publication provides some very interesting glimpses of Marx scholarship in Japan.
ISSN:2042-891X
2042-8928