1st Edition

After Socialism Reconstructing Critical Social Thought

By Gabriel Kolko Copyright 2006
208 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

Does socialism have a future in the world of the twenty-first century? If not, what is the future for progressive politics? This is a major contribution to contemporary social and political thought written by one of the world's leading critical historians. Gabriel Kolko ask the difficult questions about where the left can go in a post-Cold War world where neoliberal policies appear to have... Read more

Introduction  1. A World Without Limits  2. The Legacies of Socialism  3. Socialism After Marx  4. Capitalist Realities: Economic Development, the State, and the Myths of the Market  5. Capitalist Realities: The Way the World Lives / Is  6. Nature and function of social theories: How to be rational  7. Nature of international system: the US problem  8. The need for action and reason  Conclusion

Biography

Gabriel Kolko is Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at York University in Toronto. He is the author of thirteen influential books, including Anatomy of War, Century of War and Vietnam: Anatomy of a Peace.