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Central to this book is a discussion of the notion of freedom in Marx and Engel's work. The book argues that the libertarian foundations of political economy were present in Marx's and Engel's work and utilizes contemporary theories of freedom to reinterpret and analyse their original work.
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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A Theory of Welfare?
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Front Matter
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A Theory of Freedom
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A Reformulation
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Back Matter
Reviews
'It is a book that needed writing. Its overall conception is outstanding, especially for the emphasis placed on communism as a real movement of individuals engaged in the practice of emancipation. Also the rejection of all distributionist explanations of communism is fundamental.' - Howard Engelskirchen
'Libertarian communism is an excellent idea for a book and one which is well executed. I think it can have a real impact in progressive circles.' - Gerald Levy
About the author
ERNESTO SCREPANTI is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Siena, Italy. He has published extensively on the institutions of capitalism, the history and methodology of economics, the theory of value and the theory of freedom. His recent publications include The Fundamental Institutions of Capitalism, 'Freedom and Social Goods: Rethinking Marx's Theory of Communism', in Rethinking Marxism, An Outline of the History of Economic Thought (with S. Zamagni) and 'Taxation, Social Goods, and the Distribution of Freedom' in Metroeconomica.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Libertarian Communism
Book Subtitle: Marx, Engels and the Political Economy of Freedom
Authors: Ernesto Screpanti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230596474
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Ernesto Screpanti 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-01896-9Published: 31 October 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-59647-4Published: 31 October 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 205
Topics: Economic Policy, International Relations, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, International Political Economy, Political Theory