The Bloomsbury Companion to Marx
by Andrew Pendakis (Editor), Imre Szeman (Editor), Jeff Diamanti (Editor)

About the Author
Jeff Diamanti is Lecturer in Literary and Cultural Analysis at the University of Amsterdam. He is the co-editor of Contemporary Marxism: A Reader (Bloomsbury, 2014) and Materialism and The Critique of Energy (2018).
Andrew Pendakis is Associate Professor of Theory and Rhetoric at Brock University, Canada. He is co-editor of Contemporary Marxism: A Reader (Bloomsbury, 2014) and is an editor of the third edition of the Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Criticism and Theory (forthcoming). His work has been published in journals such as Politics and Culture, Public, and South Atlantic Quarterly.
Imre Szeman is University Research Chair of Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He is author of Zones of Instability: Literature, Postcolonialism and the Nation (2004) and On Petrocultures (2018), co-author of Popular Culture: A User's Guide (4th ed. 2017) and After Globalization (2011), and co-editor of Energy Humanities: An Anthology (2018) and Fueling Culture (2018).

About this book
There are very few figures in history that have exerted as much and as varied an influence as Karl Marx. His work represents an unrivalled intervention into fields as various as philosophy, journalism, economics, history, politics and cultural criticism. His name is invoked across the political spectrum in connection to revolution and insurrection, social justice and economic transformation.
The Bloomsbury Companion to Marx is the definitive reference guide to Marx's life and work. Written by an international team of leading Marx scholars, the book offers comprehensive coverage of Marx's: life and contexts; sources, influences and encounters; key writings; major themes and topics; and reception and influence.
The defining feature of this Companion is its attention to the new directions in Marxism that animate the theoretical, scientific, and political sides of Marx's thought. Gender and the growing importance of Marxist-feminism is treated as equally important to clarifying Marx today as traditional and diverse categories of critique such as class, capital, and mode of production. Similarly, this Companion showcases the methodological and political importance of Marxism to environmentalist politics. Finally, the volume examines in detail non-European Marxisms, demonstrating the centrality of Marxist thought to political movements both within and beyond the global north.
This book is the ideal research resource for anyone working on Marx and his ideas today, and as an entry point, if you are approaching Marx's thought for the first time.

Brief contents
Part I Key Writings
A. Key Texts
1 Introduction to a Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right (1843–1844) Jerilyn Sambrooke Losch 3
2 Th e Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844 (1844) Judith Grant 9
3 “Th eses on Feuerbach” (1845–1846) Andrew Pendakis 15
4 Th e German Ideology Anna Kornbluh 21
5 Th e Communist Manifesto (1848) Peter Lamb 27
6 Th e Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte (1852) Gavin Walker 33
7 Th e Grundrisse (1858) Nick Nesbitt 41
8 A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy (1859) Simon Choat 57
9 Capital: A Critique of Political Economy , Volume I (1867) Harry Cleaver 63
10 Th e Civil War in France (1871) Franco “Bifo” Berardi 81
11 “Critique of the Gotha Program” (1875) Andrew Pendakis 87
Part II Context
B. Philosophical and Historical Context
12 Materialism and the Natural Sciences Maurizia Boscagli 95
13 Th e Christian State Roland Boer 107
14 Liberalism and its Discontents Terrell Carver 121
15 Philosophical Constellations Christian Th orne 133
16 Nineteenth-Century Social Th eory Corbin Hiday 139
17 Industry, Technology, Energy Bob Johnson 153
18 Engels Jordan Kinder 163
C. Sources and Influences
19 Ancient Philosophy Aaron Jaff e and Cinzia Arruzza 175
20 Hegelianism Andrew Cole 185
21 Political Economy Radhika Desai 199
22 French Socialism and Communism Jonathan Beecher 219
23 Marx’s German and British Political Encounters William Clare Roberts 231
Part III Key Themes and Topics
D. Key Themes and Topics
24 Abstraction Leigh Claire La Berge 243
25 Accumulation Sean O’Brien 251
26 Alienation Timothy Bewes 259
27 Base and Superstructure Edgar Illas 267
28 Capital Elena Louisa Lange 273
29 Circulation Atle Mikkola Kj ø sen 281
30 Crisis Joshua Clover 289
31 Dialectics Carolyn Lesjak 297
32 Exploitation Matt Cole 303
33 Fetishism James Penney 311
34 History and Class Struggle Peter Hitchcock 319
35 Ideology Tanner Mirrlees 327
36 Imperialism Tanner Mirrlees 335
37 Mediation Ruth Jennison 341
38 Mode of Production Jason Read 347
39 Nature and Ecology Philip Campanile and Michael Watts 353
40 Primitive Accumulation Jordy Rosenberg 363
41 Profi t Alan Freeman 371
42 Property Christian Schmidt 379
43 Religion Jan Rehmann 387
44 Reproduction Amy De’Ath 395
45 Revolutionary Communism Peter Hudis 405
46 Revolutionary Strategy Peter Hallward 411
47 Social Relations Kevin Floyd 419
48 Utopia Gerry Canavan 425
49 Value Mathias Nilges 431
50 Work David Ravensbergen 437
Part IV Reception and Influence
E. Marx after Marx
51 Soviet Union and Eastern Europe Joseph Grim Feinberg 445
52 Latin America Emilio Sauri 451
53 China Rebecca Karl 461
54 Japan Gavin Walker 467
55 Western Europe Jan Kandiyali 479
56 Th e Arab World Jaafar Aksikas 485
57 India Dhruv Jain 493
58 Africa Priya Lal 501
59 North America Tanner Mirrlees 509
60 Indigenous Internationalisms Deena Rymhs 515
F. Contemporary Theory and Philosophy
61 Literature and Culture Sarah Brouillette 525
62 Cultural Studies Jaafar Aksikas 533
63 Ecology and Environmentalism Danijela Dolenec 541
64 Gender and Feminism Leopoldina Fortunati 549
65 Geography Matthew Huber 557
66 Materialisms David Chandler 563
67 Philosophy Panagiotis Sotiris 569
68 Political Economy Justin Paulson 577
69 Political Th eory Bruno Bosteels 585
70 Psychoanalysis A. Kiarina Kordela 597
71 Racism Barbara Foley 607
72 Sociology Samir Gandesha 613
73 Technology McKenzie Wark 621
74 Uneven Development Harry Harootunian 629
Index 635

Series: Bloomsbury Companions
Pages: 680 pages
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic (December 27, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 147427871X
ISBN-13: 978-1474278713