Socialism in Marx’s Capital: Towards a Dealienated World (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms)

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This book explores how Marx envisaged society after capital(ism) by a close examination of the idea of socialism in the text(s) of Capital. Going beyond Marx’s critique of the Gotha Programme, Paresh Chattopadhyay challenges those who leave Capital aside in discussions of socialism in Marx’s works on the grounds that it is uniquely preoccupied with the critical analysis of capitalism. Instead, Chattopadhyay shows how Marx, in Capital, considered capitalism as a simple transitional society preparing the advent of socialism envisioned as an association of free and equal individuals.  Titles Published Titles Forthcoming Prologue Contents 1 Introduction 1 Uniqueness of Marx’s Economic Work 2 The Theme 3 Socialism in Marx 4 Overview of the New Society References 2 Labour, Alienation, Accumulation in Capitalism 1 What Is Capital? 2 Alienation 3 Marx on Wages 4 Surplus Labour and Accumulation References 3 Capitalism as a Transitional Society 1 The Role of Credit and the Double Existence of Capital 2 Capitalism as a Transitional Society 3 Capitalism the Progenitor of Socialism References 4 Socialism and Democracy 1 The Case of Russia in 1917 2 The October Revolution References 5 Socialism and Emancipation 1 Labour, Production, and the Individual After Capital 2 Socialism as Emancipation References 6 The New Society: Towards a Dealienated World 1 The Individual 2 What Is Socialism? 3 The Dealienated Individual in the New Society References References Index