Marx's Revenge

Marx's Revenge: The Resurgence of Capitalism and the Death of Statist Socialism

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Author	Meghnad Desai
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Subject	Karl Marx
Publisher	Verso Books
Publication date	2002
Media type	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
ISBN	9781859846445
OCLC	47775280

Marx's Revenge: The Resurgence of Capitalism and the Death of Statist Socialism is a 2002 book about the contemporary relevance of the philosopher Karl Marx by the economist Meghnad Desai.

Summary

Desai analyses some of Marx's lesser-known writings and argues that his theories enhance our understanding of modern capitalism and globalization.

Further reading

Scholarly works

• Adler, Paul S. (2011). "Marxist philosophy and organization studies: Marxist contributions to the understanding of some important organizational forms". Philosophy and Organization Theory. Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Vol. 32. Emerald Group. pp. 123–153. doi:10.1108/s0733-558x(2011)0000032007. ISBN 978-0-85724-595-3. ISSN 0733-558X.
• Aramberri, Julio (2005). "Vericuetos de la modernidad" [Tricks of modernity]. Revista de Libros [Book Review Magazine] (in Spanish) (98): 3–8. ISSN 1137-2249.
• Balakrishnan, Pulapre (7 September 2002). "Hello Marxism, Goodbye Leninism". Economic and Political Weekly. 37 (36): 3724–3726. JSTOR 4412576.
  • Balakrishnan, Pulapre. "[Untitled]".
  • Balakrishnan, Pulapre. "Hello Marxism, Goodbye Leninism!".
• Bowles, Paul (2005). "Globalization and Neoliberalism: A Taxonomy and Some Implications for Anti-Globalization". Canadian Journal of Development Studies. 26 (1). Informa UK: 67–87. doi:10.1080/02255189.2005.9669026. ISSN 0225-5189. S2CID 145270185.
• Brosio, Richard A. (2008). "Marxist thought: Still primus inter pares for understanding and opposing the capitalist system" (PDF). Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies. 6 (1).
• Dasgupta, Indraneel (2005). "Marx's revenge: the resurgence of capitalism and the death of statist socialism, by Meghnad Desai (London: Verso, 2002, pp. 372 + xi)". Journal of International Development. 17 (5). Wiley: 702. doi:10.1002/jid.1108. ISSN 0954-1748.
• Glyn, Andrew; Sutcliffe, Bob (2005). "Review of Marx's Revenge by Megnad Desai". British Journal of Industrial Relations. 43 (1). Wiley: 155–160. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8543.2005.00349.x. ISSN 0007-1080.
• Harris, Nigel (10 April 2003). "Marx's Revenge: The Resurgence of Capitalism and the Death of Statist Socialism by Megnad Desai". Development Policy Review. 21 (3). Wiley: 389. doi:10.1111/1467-7679.00217. ISSN 0950-6764. SSRN 410971.
• Hunt, T. (2009). Marx's General: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels. Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-0-8050-8025-4.
• Kaldor, M.; Vizard, P. (2011). Arguing about the World: The Work and Legacy of Meghnad Desai. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84966-545-2.
• Khatkhate, Deena (2009). "Janos Kornai's Odyssey to the Never, Never Land". Economic and Political Weekly. 44 (13, 2009): 33–37. JSTOR 40278658.
• Kiely, R. (2003). "On Meghnad Desai's Marx's Revenge: The resurgence of capitalism and the death of statist socialism". Historical Materialism (11): 225–234. doi:10.1163/156920603770678391.
• Kiely, Ray (2003). "Meghnad Desai's Vision of Capitalism-Marxism or Neo-liberalism?". Historical Materialism. 11 (3). Brill: 225–234. doi:10.1163/156920603770678391. ISSN 1465-4466.
• Lahiri-Dutt, Kuntala (2002). "Of Surviving Change". Economic and Political Weekly. 37 (36): 3722–3724. JSTOR 4412575.
• Laibman, David (2005). "Editorial Perspectives: Social Security". Science & Society. 69 (4): 521–528. doi:10.1521/siso.2005.69.4.521. JSTOR 40404273.
• Morrissey, Oliver (2005). "Book review: International trade and developing countries: bargaining coalitions in the GATT and WTO, by Amrita Narlikar, Behind the scenes at the WTO: the real world of international trade negotiations, by Fatoumata Jawara and Aileen Kwa, The WTO and developing countries, edited by Homi Katrak and Roger Strange". Journal of International Development. 17 (5). Wiley: 697–702. doi:10.1002/jid.1107. ISSN 0954-1748.
• Moseley, Fred (2004). "Marx's Revenge: The Resurgence of Capitalism and the Death of Statist Socialism, by Megnad Desai" (PDF). Review of Radical Political Economics. 36 (3): 403. doi:10.1177/0486613404267791. S2CID 220929688.
• Munck, R. (2003). "Meghnad Desai: Marx's Revenge". Studies in Marxism-Political Studies Association Marxism Specialist Group (9): 149.
• Riordan, Patrick (2013). "The Enigma of Capitalism: Can We Make It Any Better?". Gregorianum. 94 (4, 2013): 707–725. JSTOR 24432904.
• Smith, Kenneth (2004). "'Marx on the Side of the Market'?". Journal of Classical Sociology. 4 (2). SAGE: 237–254. doi:10.1177/1468795x04043935. ISSN 1468-795X. S2CID 143566108.
• Stander, Simon (2009). "Economic crises and the theory of the tendency of the rate of profit to fall". Research in Political Economy. Vol. 25. Emerald Group. pp. 141–178. doi:10.1108/s0161-7230(2009)0000025009. ISBN 978-1-84855-586-0. ISSN 0161-7230.
• "当前阶段的世界劳资冲突" [The world's current labor conflict]. 国外理论动态 [Foreign Theoretical Trends] (in Chinese) (6): 47. 2005.

Internet publications

• Bhalla, Surjit S. (17 June 2002). "Book review: 'Marx's Revenge' by Meghnad Desai". India Today.
• Brooks, Mick (5 August 2005). "Marx' Economics and Lord Desai's "revenge": A response to the book "Marx's Revenge" by Meghnad Desai". In Defence of Marxism. Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• Gordon, David (1 October 2002). "Marx the Capitalist". Mises Review. Mises Institute.
• Gyawali, Dipak (1 July 2018). "Rescuing Marx From The Marxists". New Spotlight Nepal. Vol. 11, no. 23.
• Harrison, Peter (3 February 2020). "Review: Marx's Revenge". A Very Marx Adventure.
• Islam, Faisal (19 May 2002). "Can you hear Marx tittering in Highgate?". The Guardian.
• Llewellyn, Mark (May 2002). "MARX GOES TO THE MARKET". Socialist Review. No. 263.
• "Marx's Revenge: Has Marx had the last laugh?". Socialist Studies. 2007.
• Mawer, Gareth (30 June 2014). "Review of Marx's Revenge by Meghnad Desai". The Mutualist WordPress.
• McKie, Anna (5 July 2002). "Marx in disguise". Times Higher Education.
• Proyect, Louis N. (6 March 2008). "Bernstein, Luxemburg and Desai". The Unrepentant Marxist.
• Riggins, Thomas (24 February 2004). "Marx's Revenge: A Book Review". Philosophy and Marxism Today.
• Singh, Ranbir (7 October 2012). "Meghnad Desai: Lord of the Lies". Hindu Human Rights Online News Magazine.
• Sullivan, Sean T. (21 September 2016). "Review: Desai's Marx's Revenge". Milo and the Calf.
• Thomas, Mark L. (May 2002). "Marx Goes to the Market". Socialist Review. No. 263.
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