Contents

pp vii-viii

Preface

pp ix-x

Acknowledgments

pp xi-xii

A Note on Translations

pp xiii-xiv

List of Abbreviations

pp xv-xvi

Introduction

pp 1-6

Part I - Marxism: Beyond Dogma, an Alternative Quest

pp 7-8

1 - The Communist Manifesto after 150 Years: Some Observations

pp 9-16

2 - Rosa Luxemburg's Vision of Socialism: Some Reflections

pp 17-26

3 - Antonio Gramsci and the Heritage of Marxism

pp 27-44

4 - Contrasting Perspectives of International Communism on the Working Class Movement: 1924–1934

pp 45-62

5 - Comintern: Exploring the New Historiography

pp 63-90

6 - History's Suppressed Voice: Introducing Nikolai Bukharin's Prison Manuscripts (1937–38)

pp 91-104

7 - Rosa Luxemburg's Letters as Texts of a New Vision of Revolutionary Democracy and Socialism

pp 105-116

8 - Understanding Socialism as Hegemony: Rosa Luxemburg and Nikolai Bukharin

pp 117-124

9 - Frankfurt School, Moscow and David Ryazanov: New Perspectives

pp 125-130

10 - Perestroika and Socialism: Promises and Problems

pp 131-152

Part II - Marxism: Challenges and Possibilities in the New Century

pp 153-154

11 - Marxism in Dark Times: Rediscovering a Revolutionary Legacy

pp 155-160

12 - Re-visioning Socialism in a Plural Age

pp 161-168

13 - Marxism, Modernity and History: Towards an Alternative Understanding

pp 169-178

14 - Marxism and Postmodernism: Confrontation or Dialogue?

pp 179-190

15 - Intellectuals, Knowledge and the Masses: A Question of Pedagogy

pp 191-202

16 - Marxism in the 21st Century: Towards a New Understanding?

pp 203-220