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      EmpiricismMarxismPlatoAristotle
This article attempts to assess Mario Bunge's important but widely neglected criticisms of dialectics. It begins by providing a contextualized interpretation of Friedrich Engels’s metaphysics of the dialectics of nature before embarking... more
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      EmergenceReductionismFriedrich EngelsDialectics
The issue of “housing” has generally not been granted an important role in post-war political economy. Housing-as-policy has been the preserve of social policy analysis and of a growing field of housing studies; housing-as-market has been... more
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      Political EconomyIdeologyInternational Political EconomyComparative Political Economy
Contemporary geographical thought is constrained by a political economic imagination rooted in binarism, which is exemplified in debates surrounding neoliberalism. Neoliberal proponents call for decentralization and increased capital... more
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      Critical TheoryDiscourse AnalysisSemioticsHistory
This article is a manifesto for anarchist geographies, which are understood as kaleidoscopic spatialities that allow for multiple, non-hierarchical, and protean connections between autonomous entities, wherein solidarities, bonds, and... more
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      Critical TheoryDiscourse AnalysisHistoryEconomic History
This essay takes Engels' The Housing Question as a provocation to (1) apply ground rent theory to housing (something which Engels neglected to do) and (2) investigate Engels' conflation of housing struggles with the concerns of a... more
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      MarxismMarxologyHousingRacialization
This paper considers the importance of examples from India in the text of Marx’s Capital. In tracking Marx’s preoccupations, it is possible to show the relevance, especially for today, of his critique in a global frame, as political... more
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      HistoryMarxismIndian studiesPost-Marxism
This article identifies two different patterns in how Karl Marx, in collaboration with Friedrich Engels, portrayed the relationship between the Jews and modern capitalism. The early Marx described modern economic life as domination by a... more
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      ChristianityIntellectual HistoryJewish StudiesHistory of Sociology
Ever since the publication in 1719 of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, the novel’s eponymous protagonist has had a pervasive presence in the modern social and cultural imaginary, giving rise to an entire literary genre known as... more
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      Political TheoryViolenceMarxismHistory of Economic Thought
Questo è uno dei tanti brani dimenticati dai socialisti di stato in quanto mette in luce come lo stato non abbia alcuna funzione da svolgere nella società socialista. Per questo, come dice Engels, esso va relegato nel museo delle... more
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      Friedrich EngelsAnarchiaAnarchismoLibertà E Anarchia
"Abstract Housing nationalization as a solution to urban inequalities has a long history in European social thought. This article describes housing nationalization in a state-socialist context. Using a political economy perspective and... more
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      SociologySocial TheorySociology of CultureUrban Geography
"But do not all rebellions without exception have their roots in the disasterous isolation of man from the community? Does not every rebellion necessarily presuppose isolation? Would the revolution of 1789 have taken place if French... more
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      Social SciencesMarxismCommunity DevelopmentPolitical Science
A (re)produção material do viver humano descreve, em última instância, quanto ao nosso entendi-mento, o que na conceção materialista da história de Marx e Engels se pode entender por base económica. Com vista a ilustrar o afirmado,... more
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      MarxismPost-MarxismMarxist theoryKarl Marx
This paper revisits the debate on the relevance of the labor theory of value for the anthropological task. It argues that the labor theory of value can creatively inform and reformulate in critical ways a variety of social issues... more
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      Tourism StudiesSocial AnthropologyMarxismValue Theory
The study deals with the criticism of the policy of the Ľudovít Štúr and his generation during the years 1848/49 by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels in the con-text of their broader analysis of the situation in the Habsburg monarchy. The... more
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      NationalismCommunismHistorical MaterialismKarl Marx
Resumen: objetivo/contexto: se propone una relectura de algunos elementos iconográficos del periodo de Desarrollo Regional de la costa del Ecuador, a la luz de la propuesta de Engels sobre el origen y consolidación del patriarcado. Las... more
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      Gender StudiesFeminismGender ArchaeologyActivism
This essay explores some aspects of the debate led by Louis Althusser and Etienne Balibar on the strategy of the French Communist Party (PCF) in the 1970s. They saw the Eurocommunist turn of the party as a strategy that accepted the... more
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      RevolutionsCommunismLouis AlthusserSlavoj Žižek
Human nature is something of a taboo on the left wing of contemporary political theory and scarcely more than a commonsense assumption on its right wing. This article aims to expose the taboo and to challenge the assumption. There is no... more
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      AnthropologyPhilosophyPolitical PhilosophyTechnology
O presente artigo visa resgatar a contribuição do pensamento marxista sobre a problemática do Direito moderno, cuja expressão teórica encontra-se na perspectiva liberal, e, consequentemente, apontar os limites dessa... more
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      Marxist theoryAlthusserAntonio NegriPost-Althusserian Theory
Reading different or controversial intentions into Marx and Engels' works has been somewhat a common but rather unquestioned practice in the history of Marxist scholarship. Engels' Dialectics of Nature, a torso for some and a great book... more
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      MetaphysicsOntologyMarxismHegel
This essay reflects critically on the political context production process, ideas and strategies of our feature length documentary film The Condition of the Working Class. It explores why were inspired by Friedrich Engels' 1844 book of... more
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      MarxismClassWorking Class StudiesFriedrich Engels
The article aims to provide a general overview of the major lines of understanding of violence that have arisen in contemporary political thought. The first section considers the mutual relationship between violence and political power in... more
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      Political TheoryViolenceMarxismPolitical Violence and Terrorism
This short article is a reply to four commentaries that were written in response to our paper [Aalbers, M.B. and Christophers, B. (2014) Centering housing in political economy. Housing, Theory and Society 31: in press.]. Rather than... more
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      Political EconomyCritical RealismSecuritizationHousing
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      MarxismAnarchismCommunismMarxist theory
The 200th anniversary of the birth of F.Engels comes at a time when his contribution to Marxism is being disputed by Neue Lekture and Sraffian authors, based on the alleged discovery of him having distorted Capital. The evidence presented... more
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      MarxismFriedrich Engels
Ich betrachte in meinem Artikel die meines Erachtens entscheidende Rolle des jungen Friedrich Engels bei der Entstehung der marxistischen Ökologie und Philosophie der Umwelt. Engels wird oft nur als ein Mitarbeiter von Marx betrachtet,... more
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      Environmental PhilosophyFriedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels' dialectical assessment of modern science resulted from his fascination with the natural sciences (cell physiology, thermodynamics, theory of evolution) in combination with his resurging interest in the work of "old... more
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      Philosophy of ScienceMarxismSynthetic BiologyDialectical Materialism
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      Urban GeographyHousingCritical GeographyNeoliberalism
ook-review of Ernesto Screpanti’s Libertarian Communism: Marx, Engels and the Political Economy of Freedom. In this book, Ernesto Screpanti questions the nature and status of freedom within both Marx’s thought and possible forms of... more
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      CommunismLibertarianismKarl MarxFriedrich Engels
Manfred Steger argues that properly to evaluate the last writings of Friedrich Engels, theorists must situate his work historically. With such a perspective, the tensions in his last major political work (what has come to be known as his... more
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      Twentieth Century GermanyFriedrich Engels
Reading different or controversial intentions into Marx and Engels’ works has been a common but somewhat unquestioned practice in the history of Marxist scholarship. Engels’ Dialectics of Nature, a torso for some and a great book for... more
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      MarxismDialectical MaterialismMarxist philosophyFriedrich Engels
Marx said that Darwinian theory was a "foundation" or "basis" for historical materialism. Yet there is no consensus on what Marx meant by his comments on The Origin of Species. Scholars have tended to divide into two broad camps: on the... more
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      Philosophy of HistoryMarxist theoryHistorical MaterialismDarwinian evolution
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      HistoryEconomic HistorySociologyPolitical Sociology
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      DialecticMarxist philosophyKarl MarxFriedrich Engels
History bears testament to the Manifesto's planetary circulation, global readership and material impact. Interpretations of this short document have affected the lives of millions globally, particularly in the second half of the twentieth... more
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      MarxismCommunismMarxist political economyKarl Marx
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      MarxismHegelLouis AlthusserMaterialism
This work explores the significance of two recurring themes in the thought of Gilles Deleuze: his critique of psychoanalysis and praise for Anglo-American literature. Tracing the overlooked influence of English writer D. H. Lawrence on... more
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      PsychoanalysisPolitical PhilosophyPhilosophical AnthropologyPolitical Anthropology
Die Marx-Rezeption des traditionellen Marxismus wurde vom Mythos der Einheit des Marxschen und Engelsschen Werks beherrscht. Seit den 1920er Jahren, beginnend vor allem mit Georg Lukács’ Geschichte und Klassenbewusstsein, begann außerhalb... more
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      MarxismKarl MarxFriedrich EngelsNew readings of Marx
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      Philosophy of ScienceMarxismHistory of ScienceDialectical Materialism
"Filosofia politica", 2, 2001, pp. 233-256
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      Marxist theoryKarl MarxFriedrich Engels
In 1758 Roger Boscovich (1711-1787) published "A Theory of natural philosophy reduced to one unique law of forces that exist in nature". The Theory has had a major impact on Boscovich's contemporaries and resulted in many followers in the... more
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      History of Science and TechnologyQuantum PhysicsPhilosophyPhilosophy of Science
This chapter proceeds in three parts. First, I begin by considering recent orthodox accounts of self-determination in international law, which generally seek to downplay the importance and content of the right of peoples to... more
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      MarxismInternational LawSelf-Determination TheoryKarl Marx
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7360-4169 Resumen: Reseña del libro "Marxismo y dialéctica de la naturaleza". Palabras clave: Marxismo, dialéctica de la naturaleza, Engels, Marx. Abstract: Book Review on "Marxism and dialectics of... more
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      Dialectical MaterialismFriedrich EngelsMarxismo
Of all the standard criticisms of Marxism, the claim that it is wedded to a mechanical and deterministic account of history is among the most pervasive. It is also among the least defensible. This chapter argues that Marxism affords an... more
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      Critical TheoryMarxismInternational LawCritical Legal Theory
A Associação Internacional dos Trabalhadores surge tardiamente em Portugal. É somente em 1871 que ela contacta com os socialistas portugueses, portanto, num momento em que suas lutas internas eram intensas. As lutas políticas sentidas na... more
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      MarxismMikhail BakuninKarl MarxPortugal
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      Russian StudiesMedical AnthropologyHistory of IdeasSoviet History
A economia política se constitui como um dos fundamentos da análise realizada por Karl Marx acerca da sociedade dominada pelo modo de produção capitalista. Contudo, ainda que esta ciência tenha estado presente na maioria das obras deste... more
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      Political EconomyMarxismMarxist EconomicsHistory of Economic Thought
“The IWMA and its Precursors in London, c. 1830–1860”, in Fabrice Bensimon, Quentin Deluermoz and Jeanne Moisand (eds.), “Arise Ye Wretched of the Earth”. The First International in a global perspective, Leiden, Brill, 2018, pp. 21-38.
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      British HistoryLabour historyNineteenth Century British History and CultureExile
Resumo: Ao se completarem 120 anos da morte de Friedrich Engels, fazem-se indicações para os estudos do marxismo (re) aproximando Karl Marx deste seu amigo, tornando-os indissociáveis. Aponta-se como nas formulações de cada um... more
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      Dialectical MaterialismFriedrich EngelsMaterialismo Dialético
El ensayo, mediante la polémica con otras posiciones, propone una aproximación marxista a la relación conocimiento-valor, vista como mutua penetración de momentos diferenciados en indisoluble unidad. A partir de esa relación, se concibe y... more
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      PhilosophyEpistemologyMarxismValue Theory