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Title: Liberating Theory by Michael Albert, Mel King, Holly Sklar ISBN: 0-89608-306-3 Publisher: South End Press Pub. Date: December, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: essential
Comment: anybody that spends time, as i do, thinking about what alternatives there are to our present society instead of merely complaining about the problems that it has, i think will find this book useful. it used pure irrefutable logic to present its case for a just society. just as importantly it exposed the flaws of prominent radical theories like anarchism, marxism, feminism, and nationalism, while still giving them the credit they are due. be forewarned, however, that this book tends to be redundant and it was hard for me to get through its 200 or so pages, but i'm glad i did. and definitely read the dialogues, because they defend comlementary holism against common criticisms.
Rating: 4
Summary: So, you want to be a radical...
Comment: ...but you're not sure what to believe in. Marxism seems discredited, you don't quite trust anarchists and the "smash the state" rhetoric and although patriarchy and white-supremacy are certainly real parts of the problem, they are not the only problem.
Well, the folks over at Z (Z Magazine) have a solution. It's not really anything new, but rather a reworking and meshing of many older theories. The authors argue that the serious flaw of many of the old radical left visions was their "monism." Marxism claimed the economy as the central social field and all else as "superstructure." The practical effect was that Marxists ignored the problems of women and people of color beyond the economy. Anrachists and radical feminists had analogous problems.
Liberating theory suggests that their are four, equally important, sphere's of society: economic, political, kinship and cultural. The authors argue that the institutions of these four spheres are interconnected and (most often) mutually reinforcing. Therefor struggle for revolution can not occur in one, ignoring the rest.
The debates in this book seem to me a bit old. Opposition to parriarchy and racism have permiated most of the left and there has been a recent resurgence of class and political issues with the stirrings of organized labor, seattle, D.C. and the new third parties. So it seems to me many people now see the value of working on multiple fronts and inclusiveness.
However, these movements are also largely berift of long term vision. This book, despite its dated quality, could provide a good foundation for such a vision.
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Title: The ABC's of Political Economy: A Modern Approach by Robin Hahnel ISBN: 0745318576 Publisher: Pluto Press Pub. Date: 24 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Alternatives to Economic Globalization by John Cavanagh, Jerry Mander, Sarah Anderson, Debi Barker, Maude Barlow, Walden Bello, Robin Broad, Tony Clarke, Edward Goldsmith, Randy Hayes ISBN: 1576752046 Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Pub Pub. Date: 15 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy by William Greider ISBN: 0684862190 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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