Against Capitalism and Bureaucracy

Ernest Mandel's Theoretical Contributions

Manuel Kellner, Maciej Zurowski

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Haymarket Books
09 July 2024

Social classes; Marxism & Communism; Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies; Economic theory & philosophy

The first comprehensive overview of the theoretical and political contributions of Belgian Trotskyist, Ernest Mandel.

Ernest Mandel (1923-1995) was one of the best-known Marxist scholars of the second half of the twentieth century. He participated in the underground resistance to the Nazi occupation of Belgium, became a leading member of the Fourth International, and his books on capitalist economics, bureaucracies in the workers' movement, and power and socialist strategy were translated into dozens of languages.

In Against Capitalism and Bureaucracy, Manuel Kellner examines Mandel's life and work, finding that a red thread of democratic self-organization of workers ran through all of his thinking. Kelnner argues that this insistence on working class activity, and Mandel's work in general, remain of paramount importance for the debates on a socialist alternative in the twenty-first century.

By: Manuel Kellner
Translated by: Maciej Zurowski
Imprint: Haymarket Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9798888902103
Pages: 466
Publication Date: 09 July 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Manuel Kellner is a member of the Fourth International and its German section (ISO). He is the author of books in German, mainly on Trotskyism, and an introduction to critiques of religion.