{"product_id":"crisis-and-commonwealth-9781498515351","title":"Crisis and Commonwealth","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrisis and Commonwealth: Marcuse, Marx, McLaren advances Marcuse scholarship by presenting four hitherto untranslated and unpublished manuscripts by Herbert Marcuse from the Frankfurt University Archive on themes of economic value theory, socialism, and humanism. Contributors to this edited collection, notably Peter Marcuse, Henry Giroux, Peter McLaren, Zvi Tauber, Arnold L. Farr and editor, Charles Reitz, are deeply engaged with the foundational theories of Marcuse and Marx with regard to a future of freedom, equality, and justice. Douglas Dowd furnishes the critical historical context with regard to U.S. foreign and domestic policy, particularly its features of economic imperialism and militarism. Reitz draws these elements together to show that the writings by Herbert Marcuse and these formidable authors can ably assist a global movement toward intercultural commonwealth. The collection extends the critical theories of Marcuse and Marx to an analysis of the intensifying inequalities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo one knows better than Charles Reitz that critical theory—at its best—is a three-legged stool, constructed with great care and attention to political economy, aesthetics, and pedagogy. When any one of these radical elements is missing, critical praxis is impoverished; however, when they are carefully fused together by a scholar and editor of Reitz's stature, then the intellectual legacy of Marx and Marcuse is renewed to work again in our time for projects of resistance, refusal, and liberation. I highly recommend Crisis and Commonwealth: Marcuse, Marx, McLaren. -- Andrew T. Lamas, University of Pennsylvania\u003cbr\u003eThe numerous social, economic, and military global crises of the last decades not only provoked protest movements throughout the world; they also brought about socio-critical analyses that offer astute examinations of the threats and turmoil in the global economy. Crisis and Commonwealth, edited by Charles Reitz, gathers such radical analyses in the critical intellectual tradition inspired by Marx and Marcuse. In the first chapter, Reitz and his chapter co-editor Stephan Spartan prove that Marcuse’s dialectical method of radical thinking, with its political principle of “liberation”, is still a radical weapon to analyze the crises of today.   Reitz has established himself as one of the finest translators of German critical theorists including Habermas, Honneth, and Marcuse. His translation here of Marcuse's previously quite unknown Humanism and Humanity is a key contribution to Marcuse scholarship. It is particularly valuable in the context of Reitz's effort to explicate Marcuse's unique approach to socialist humanism as well as his own critical theoretical perspective. -- Peter-Erwin Jansen, editor of Herbert Marcuse’s and Leo Löwenthal’s intellectual estate in Germany; professor, University of Applied Sciences, Koblenz\u003cbr\u003eI wholeheartedly embrace this book as a part of the Marcuse Renaissance now underway. In an age where the 99% must struggle needlessly through longer working years and ever more tedious jobs, Marcuse’s call for “a life that is no longer spent in making a living” is more relevant today than ever. These essays help us not only glimpse the horizon of liberation, but move us concretely toward that historical moment when human beings will become masters of their own destiny. -- George Katsiaficas, activist and author of \"Asia’s Unknown Uprisings\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  Introduction. Crisis and Commonwealth: Politics, Pedagogy, Praxis Charles Reitz Chapter 1. The Political Economy of Predation and Counterrevolution: Recalling Marcuse on the Radical Goals of Socialism Charles Reitz and Stephen Spartan Chapter 2. Socialism One Sector at a Time Peter Marcuse Chapter 3. Charter 2000: A Transitional Program for Labor David Brodsky Chapter 4. “Vote for a Job”? A Short History of Contemporary Strategic Failure on the Organized Left, with Lessons for the Present Fred Whitehead Chapter 5. U.S. Capitalism and Militarism in Crisis? Our Political Work Today Douglas Dowd  Chapter 6. Empire as a Way of Life: Course Outline and Bibliography John Marciano Chapter 7. Surplus Over-Appropriation and the Reproduction Crisis in the Western Roman Empire Stephen Spartan Chapter 8. An Essay on Repressive Education: Marcuse, Marx, Adorno, and the Future of Emancipatory Learning Arnold L. Farr Chapter 9. Can Democratic Education Survive in a Neoliberal Society?  Henry A. Giroux Chapter 10. Defeating Corporate Blueprints, White Papers, and Blue Ribbon Task Forces: Academic Labor Reclaims Public Higher Education for the Public Patricia P. Brodsky Chapter 11. Art as a Manifestation of the Struggle for Human Emancipation: A Non-Dogmatic Marxist Position in Aesthetics  Zvi Tauber Chapter 12. A Labor Theory of Ethics and Commonwealth: Recalling a “New” Marcuse Charles Reitz Chapter 13. Diversity, Equality, Empowerment in Politics and Education Charles Reitz Chapter 14. Cultural Origins of African Humanism and Socialism (Ujamaa) Alfred T. Kisubi Chapter 15. The Second Assassination of Dr. King Lloyd C. Daniel Chapter 16. Year Two of Arab Revolutions  Kevin Anderson Chapter 17. Revolutionary Critical Pedagogy for a Socialist Society: A Manifesto  Peter McLaren Chapter 18. The Communist Horizon Jodi Dean Conclusion. The Commonwealth Counter-Offensive Charles Reitz Appendix. Four Manuscripts on Value Theory, Humanism, and Socialism  Herbert Marcuse  Name Index Subject Index  About the Contributors","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040657113431,"sku":"9781498515351","price":43.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498515351.jpg?v=1750947415","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/crisis-and-commonwealth-9781498515351","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}