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Intro
Acknowledgements
Praise for Marxism and the Capitalist State
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Reopening the State Debate
1 Why Theorize the Capitalist State Today?
2 Theorizing the Capitalist State: A Brief History
3 Theorizing the Capitalist State: Towards a Renewed Debate
3.1 Attending to Pressing Challenges
3.2 Reconsidering Enduring Questions
3.3 Developing New Approaches
3.4 Common Themes and Concerns
4 Theorizing the Capitalist State: Future Directions
References
State, Capital, Nature: State Theory for the Capitalocene
1 Capitalism and Nature
2 Capitalism and the State
3 State, Nature, Capital
References
'Bursting Asunder the Integument': Democracy, Digitalization, and the State
1 Introduction
2 Digitalization, Imperialism, and the Capitalist State
3 Digital Platforms, Bourgeois Democracy, and False Consciousness
4 The Emancipatory Potential of Digitalization
5 Conclusion
References
Crisis, Social Reproduction, and the Capitalist State: Notes on an Uncertain Conjuncture
1 Pandemic as Social Crisis
2 The State as Social Protection?
3 The General Role of the Capitalist State
4 Social Reproduction Under Authoritarian Neoliberalism
5 Contradictions of the American State
6 From Crisis to Restabilization?
References
From Economic to Political Crisis: Trump and the Neoliberal State
1 The Neoliberal Authoritarian State
2 Trump and the State Economic Apparatus
3 Neoliberalism and Trumpism
References
Soldiers and the State in Marx and Engels
1 Introduction
2 Origins of the Military
2.1 State and Military
2.2 Force (Cooperative, Mass, Organized)
3 Human Material and Class Struggle
3.1 The Soldier and Surplus Value
3.2 The Soldier and Class
4 Conclusion
References
To Embrace or To Reject: Marxism and the 'War-Emergency Paradigm'
1 Neither Reject nor Embrace: Pacification Theory
1.1 Critique of Security and Pacification Theory
1.2 Beyond the Dichotomy: Prospects and Limitations
2 Back to Marx and Engels: Sometimes Reject, Sometimes Embrace
2.1 The War Metaphor: War as Class War
2.2 To Embrace or to Reject? From Strategy to Tactic
3 Thinking Tactically
3.1 Reject?
3.2 Embrace?
4 Conclusion(s)
References
Socially Reproductive Workers, 'Life-Making', and State Repression
1 Introduction
2 Is Reproducing Labour Power a Good Thing?
3 'Life-Making' and the Reproduction of Capitalist Society
4 State Repression via Health, Education, and Social Services
5 Conclusion
References
Social Murder: Capitalism's Systematic and State-Organized Killing
1 Capitalism in General
1.1 Market Dependence and the Valorization Imperative
1.2 The Capitalist State and the Concrete Institutionalization of Capitalist Social Relations
2 Engels and Marx on Social Murder and Its Transformation
Acknowledgements
Praise for Marxism and the Capitalist State
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Reopening the State Debate
1 Why Theorize the Capitalist State Today?
2 Theorizing the Capitalist State: A Brief History
3 Theorizing the Capitalist State: Towards a Renewed Debate
3.1 Attending to Pressing Challenges
3.2 Reconsidering Enduring Questions
3.3 Developing New Approaches
3.4 Common Themes and Concerns
4 Theorizing the Capitalist State: Future Directions
References
State, Capital, Nature: State Theory for the Capitalocene
1 Capitalism and Nature
2 Capitalism and the State
3 State, Nature, Capital
References
'Bursting Asunder the Integument': Democracy, Digitalization, and the State
1 Introduction
2 Digitalization, Imperialism, and the Capitalist State
3 Digital Platforms, Bourgeois Democracy, and False Consciousness
4 The Emancipatory Potential of Digitalization
5 Conclusion
References
Crisis, Social Reproduction, and the Capitalist State: Notes on an Uncertain Conjuncture
1 Pandemic as Social Crisis
2 The State as Social Protection?
3 The General Role of the Capitalist State
4 Social Reproduction Under Authoritarian Neoliberalism
5 Contradictions of the American State
6 From Crisis to Restabilization?
References
From Economic to Political Crisis: Trump and the Neoliberal State
1 The Neoliberal Authoritarian State
2 Trump and the State Economic Apparatus
3 Neoliberalism and Trumpism
References
Soldiers and the State in Marx and Engels
1 Introduction
2 Origins of the Military
2.1 State and Military
2.2 Force (Cooperative, Mass, Organized)
3 Human Material and Class Struggle
3.1 The Soldier and Surplus Value
3.2 The Soldier and Class
4 Conclusion
References
To Embrace or To Reject: Marxism and the 'War-Emergency Paradigm'
1 Neither Reject nor Embrace: Pacification Theory
1.1 Critique of Security and Pacification Theory
1.2 Beyond the Dichotomy: Prospects and Limitations
2 Back to Marx and Engels: Sometimes Reject, Sometimes Embrace
2.1 The War Metaphor: War as Class War
2.2 To Embrace or to Reject? From Strategy to Tactic
3 Thinking Tactically
3.1 Reject?
3.2 Embrace?
4 Conclusion(s)
References
Socially Reproductive Workers, 'Life-Making', and State Repression
1 Introduction
2 Is Reproducing Labour Power a Good Thing?
3 'Life-Making' and the Reproduction of Capitalist Society
4 State Repression via Health, Education, and Social Services
5 Conclusion
References
Social Murder: Capitalism's Systematic and State-Organized Killing
1 Capitalism in General
1.1 Market Dependence and the Valorization Imperative
1.2 The Capitalist State and the Concrete Institutionalization of Capitalist Social Relations
2 Engels and Marx on Social Murder and Its Transformation