Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Korsch’s Revolutionary Marxism
• 1. Korsch’s Road To Marxian Socialism
  • Korsch’s Practical Socialism
  • Korsch and the Workers’ Councils Movement
• 2. Korsch and Communism
  • Korsch’s Revolutionary Historicism
  • Korsch and the Comintern
  • Korsch in the Left Opposition
  • The Expulsion from the Party
  • The Rejection of Leninism
• 3. The Crisis of Marxism
  • Critique of Orthodox Marxism
  • Critique of the Marxian Theory of Revolution
  • New Forms of Revolutionary Struggle in Spain
  • Korsch Analyzes the Counterrevolution
  • Korsch and Marxism
  • Korsch in Exile
  • Political Writings of Karl Korsch
• 4. Marxism and Socialization
  • Introduction
  • Fundamentals of Socialization
  • The Marxist Dialectic
  • On Materialist Dialectic
• 5. Lenin and The Soviet Union
  • Introduction
  • Lenin and the Comintern
  • The Marxist Ideology in Russia
  • Position on Russia and the Communist Party
• 6. The Crisis of Marxism
  • Introduction
  • The Crisis of Marxism
  • The Passing of Marxian Orthodoxy
  • Some Fundamental Presuppositions for a Materialist Discussion of Crisis Theory
  • Marxism and the Present Task of the Proletarian Class Struggle
• 7. Models of Revolutionary Practice
  • Introduction
  • Revolutionary Commune
  • The Spanish Revolution
  • Economics and Politics in Revolutionary Spain
• 8. Fascism and Counterrevolution
  • Introduction
  • Theses toward a Critique of the Fascist Conception of the State
  • State and Counterrevolution
  • The Fascist Counterrevolution
  • The Workers’ Fight against Fascism
• 9. Korsch and Marxism
  • Introduction
  • A Non-Dogmatic Approach to Marxism
  • Ten Theses on Marxism Today
  • Letter to Paul Mattick
  • Letter to Bertolt Brecht
  • Letter to J. A. Dawson
  • Letter to Erich Gerlach
• Index

About the Author

Douglas Kellner is George F. Kneller Philosophy of Education Chair at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Reviews

Kellner introduces an important Marxist thinker for the first time to an American readership. (Choice)