Analytical Marxism [Paperback]

A collection of essays by leading practitioners of 'analytical Marxism'.Written by leading practitioners of analytical Marxism, this contemporary examination of Marxist social theory utilizes logic, mathematics and model building to develop its arguments. Copublished with the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme.Written by leading practitioners of analytical Marxism, this contemporary examination of Marxist social theory utilizes logic, mathematics and model building to develop its arguments. Copublished with the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme.As John Roemer says in his introduction to this volume, 'During the past decade, what now appears as a new species in social theory has been forming: analytically sophisticated Marxism. Its practitioners are largely inspired by Marxian questions which they pursue with contemporary tools of logic, mathematics, and model building & These writers are, self-consciously, products of both the Marxian and non-Marxian traditions.' This volume assembles substantial and original essays, both published and unpublished, by some of the leading practitioners of 'analytical Marxism'. The essays discuss a number of the fundamental issues of Marxian thought as well as questions that conventional Marxists see no need to raise. They exemplify the ways in which analytical Marxists are beginning to reinvigorate the Marxian tradition and, in doing so, to break down the barriers that have divided it from other forms of social theory. The volume will make an excellent textbook and an ideal introduction to this new approach.About the authors; Introduction; Part I. Historical Materialism: 1. Forces and relations of production G. A. Cohen; 2. The social basis of economic development Robert Brenner; 3. The theory of combined and uneven development: a critique Jon Elster; 4. Marxist ideas in development economics: an evaluation Pranab Bardhan; Part II. Class: 5. New directions in the Marxian theory of exploitation and class John Roemer; 6. What is middle ablC!