Research by foreign scholars on some recent issues of Marxism

Author: Zeng Zhisheng
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: After the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the political upheavals in Eastern Europe, the socialist cause pioneered by Lenin suffered significant setbacks, and Marxism encountered considerable difficulties abroad. However, Marxism is indomitable. Many left-wing scholars abroad overcame numerous obstacles to persist in their relentless pursuit and research, achieving numerous academic accomplishments. This book reflects only a corner of these achievements. On the issue of market socialism, scholars in the UK and the US engaged in fierce debates between support and opposition. Regarding the issue of exploitation, American scholars proposed a non-labor value theory of exploitation. On the issue of neocolonialism, scholars abroad conducted a profound analysis of the essence and ambitions of neocolonialism led by the United States. In the face of the new Cold War strategy of imperialism, we should be vigilant against the sinister intentions of neocolonialism's "color revolutions." In the study of Marxism, postmodernist theorists proposed the concept of "post-Marxism" and conducted research on a series of related issues, with "critical symbolic economics" and "postmodern feminism" being two examples. On the issue of future socialism, scholars abroad proposed several models and political democratic frameworks. The author of this book provides a critical interpretation of these achievements, from which readers will gain profound insights and rich rewards.