A History of Marxian Economics, Volume I: 1883-1929

Michael Charles Howard; John Edward King

Published by Princeton University Press 1989

A History of Marxian Economics, Volume I

1883-1929

Michael Charles Howard and John Edward King

Volume 1026 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400860524

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The first volume of this critical history covers the social, political, and theoretical forces behind the development of Marxian economics from Marx's death in 1883 until 1929, the year marking the onset of Stalin's "revolution from above," which subsequently transformed the Soviet Union into a modern superpower. During these years, Marxists in both Russia and Germany found their economic ideas inextricably linked with practical political problems, and treated theory as a guide to action. This book systematically examines the important theoretical literature of the period, including insightful works by political functionaries outside academia--journalists, party organizers, underground activists, and teachers in the labor movement--presented here as the primary forgers of Marxian economic thought.

Beginning with Engels's writings, this book analyzes the work of leading Marxist economists in the Second International, then concludes with a review of the intellectual movements within the Marxian political economy during the 1920s. A second volume treating the period from 1929 to the present will follow.

Originally published in 1989.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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"A History of Marxian Economic Thought is going to be the master work in its field for a long time. It is a unique book in that no other one provides as deep and full an examination of post-Marx Marxian economics."—John Elliott, University of Southern California

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Part I. The German Contribution, 1883-1914
1. Friedrich Engels and the Marxian Legacy, 1883-95 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Engels and the 'Prize Essay Competition' in the Theory of Value Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
3. First Debates in Value Theory, 1895-1914 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
4. Bernstein, Kautsky and the Revisionist Controversy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
5. Finance Capital and Imperialism: Karl Kautsky and Rudolf Hilferding Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
6. Capital Accumulation, Imperialism and War: Rosa Luxemburg and Otto Bauer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
Part II. The Russian Contribution to 1917
7. The Inheritance of Russian Marxism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
8. The Political Economy of Plekhanov Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
9. Populism and Orthodox Marxism in the 1890s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
10. Russian Revisionism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
11. Lenin's Political Economy, 1905-14 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
12. Trotsky on Uneven and Combined Development Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
13. Imperialism and War: Bukharin and Lenin on Monopoly Capitalism, 1914-17 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Part III. Social Democracy and Communism, 1917-1929
14. The Revival of Revisionism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
15. The Transition to Socialism: Communist Economics, 1917-29 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	286
16. Henryk Grossmann and the Breakdown of Capitalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	316
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347

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