Echoes of Utopia
Subtitle: studies in the legacy of Marx
By: Michael Fuller.
Series: Avebury series in philosophy
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hampshire, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
Subjects: Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-120) and index.
Table of contents: value: Machine generated contents note: I Marx's Bad Idea: The Organic Composition of Capital; value: Introduction; value: I The organic composition of capital; value: II Criticisms of the labour theory of value and surplus; value: value; value: III Criticisms concerning the falling rate of profit; value: IV The Grundrisse argument about automation; value: V Conclusion; value: 2 Marx's Good Idea: Overproduction, Underconsumption; value: and Crises; value: Introduction; value: I Marx on overproduction, underconsumption and crises; value: II The Keynesian response: the welfare state and "the; value: acceptable face of capitalism"; value: III The affluent society: Galbraith as heretical Keynesian; value: IV Inflation, stagflation, globalization, automation; value: V The implications for Keynesianism; value: VI The implications for Marxism; value: 3 Schumpeter and Socialism: Big is Beautiful; value: Introduction; value: I Schumpeter's criticisms of Marx; value: II The viability of central planning; value: III The superiority of the socialist blueprint; value: 4 Simone Weil and Marx: The Impossible Dream; value: Introduction; value: I Weil's metaphysics: gravity and grace; value: II Natural and social oppression; value: III Two impossible dreams of liberty; value: IV Marx right and Marx wrong; value: V Conclusion; value: 5 If I Ruled the World: "the Kitchens of the Future"; value: Introduction; value: I Schumpeter's answer; value: II Weil's answer; value: III If I ruled the world; value: IV Contemporary forces; value: Bibliography; value: Index.