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(Bahro, Rudolf). Wolter, Ulf, editor RUDOLF BAHRO: Critical Responses
White Plains, New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., (1980). 0873321596 / 9780873321594 First edition. Hardcover. Fine in green linen with gilt titles to the front cover and spine; no dust jacket. 237 pages.
The papers collected here in English translation were written for the International Congress by a broad spectrum of European leftists who called for Bahro's release from prison. Bahro was imprisoned for the publication of his 1977 book THE ALTERNATIVE.
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Avineri, Shlomo THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT OF KARL MARX
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1980). 0521096197 / 9780521096195 Reprint: Trade paperback issue. Trade Paperback. A hint of sunning to the spine, else near fine in glossy wraps. 269 pages; epilogue; bibliography; and index.
It is Avineri's belief that Marx's political theory should not be judged by Lenin's or Stalin's policies. The objective of this study is to divorce Marx from political objectives in order to shed a balanced light on Marx's thought as political theory.
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Bray, Jeremy PRODUCTION PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE: Towards a Socialist Theory of Production
London: Francis Pinter (Publishers), (1982). 0861872649 / 9780861872640 First edition, first printing: Trade Paperback--simultaneous issue. Trade Paperback. Fine in wraps. 173 pages; appendices; and index.
A socialist theory of production with practical applications. Dr. Bray explains that economists have not made use of the mathematics of non-equilibrium systems, which can cause the spontaneous emergence of new structures out of chaos and disorder.
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Brus, Wlodzimierz THE ECONOMICS AND POLITICS OF SOCIALISM: Collected Essays
London and Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, (1973). 0710074743 / 9780710074744 First edition in English. Hardcover. Rubbing at the extremities, else near fine in red cloth with gilt titles to the spine; in a near fine lightly age-toned dust jacket.
A collection of the Polish economist's articles and essays with a focus on the sociopolitical aspects of economic transformations and with balanced discussions of problems associated with planned economies of Eastern Europe. 117 pages; and index.
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Brus, Wlodzimierz THE MARKET IN A SOCIALIST ECONOMY
London & Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, (1972). 0710072767 / 9780710072764 First edition in English. Hardcover. Shallow two-inch scratch to the rear cover, else near fine in red cloth with gilt titles to the spine; in a near fine, age-toned dust jacket.
Brus, a professor of political economy at the University of Warsaw until 1968, discusses how a centrally planned socialist economy may require a particular kind of market to operate more efficiently. 199 pages; notes, index.
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Ceplair, Larry UNDER THE SHADOW OF WAR: Fascism, Anti-Fascism, and Marxists, 1918-1939
New York: Columbia University Press, 1987. 0231065329 / 9780231065320 First edition. Hardcover. Fine in red linen with gilt titles to the spine; in a fine dust jacket. 261 pages; notes; and index.
Mainly an analytical description of the failures of left-wing anti-fascism. The nature of the fascist problem and the left-wing response in Italy and Germany are evaluated; and the efforts of the French, British and American anti-fascists are examined.
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Hegedus, Andras THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIALIST SOCIETY
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1977). First U.S. edition. Hardcover. Near fine in pebbled boards with gilt titles to the spine; in a slightly age-toned dust jacket.
Two works: THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIALIST SOCIETY and CHANGES IN RURAL SOCIETY are translated from the original Hungarian by Rudolf Fisher and Peter Szente and published together here in one volume. 230 pages; notes and references; and index.
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Hoff, Trygve J.B. ECONOMIC CALCULATION IN THE SOCIALIST SOCIETY
Indianapolis: Liberty Press, (1981). 0913966932 / 9780913966938 First edition. Hardcover. Fine in red-orange cloth with white titles to the spine; in a nearly fine dust jacket with just a bit of wear at the corners.
Hoff sympathetically explores the history, epistemology, and economic theory involved in the private ownership controversy between socialism and capitalism. Includes an introduction by Karen I. Vaughn. 405 pages; notes, bibliography, index.
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Horvat, Branko; Markovic, Mihailo; and Supek, Rudi, editors SELF-GOVERNING SOCIALISM: Volume Two: Sociology and Politics Economics
White Plains, New York: International Arts and Sciences Press, Inc., (1975). 0873320611 / 9780873320610 First edition. Hardcover. Very mild rubbing at the spine ends, else near fine in full plum-colored cloth with titles stamped in gilt to the front cover and to the spine; no dust jacket.
A comprehensive examination of the problems, debates, policies, systems and results of self-governing. 327 pages with footnotes, graphs, tables, equations, notes, conclusions, references and footnotes.
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Howe, Irving, editor ESSENTIAL WORKS OF SOCIALISM
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1970). 030832632 First edition. Hardcover. Uniform fading to the upper and lower portions of the spine, else a very good copy in full gray cloth; in a very good dust jacket with edge tears and accompanying creases and with chips and tears at the upper and lower spine.
This anthology brings together many wings of the socialist movement. Some contributors include: Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Oscar Wilde and Lenin. 406 pages.
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Lindsay, Jack THE CRISIS IN MARXISM
Totowa, New Jersey: Barnes & Noble Books, (1981). 0389201855 / 9780389201854 First U.S. edition. Hardcover. Fine in pebbled boards with gilt titles and devices to the spine; in a fine dust jacket.
183 pages; notes; bibliography; and index.
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MacKenzie, Norman and Jeanne THE FABIANS
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1977). 067122347X / 9780671223472 First U.S. edition. Hardcover. Fine in black cloth with gilt lettering to the spine; in a price-clipped, photo-pictorial dust jacket, with very mild age-toning. 446 pages, sixteen pages of photographs on coated stock, references, index.
A study of the Fabians, a group of middle-class intellectuals that led the way to Socialism in Britain, and included among their ranks H.G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, and Bertrand Russell.
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Martinet, Gilles MARXISM OF OUR TIME: Or the Contradictions of Socialism
New York: Monthly Review Press, 1964. First edition in English. Hardcover. Upper corner tips slightly bumped, else near fine in black cloth with titles stamped in silver to the spine; in a near fine dust jacket with mild age-toning to the spine and borders.
Originally titled LE MARXISME DE NOTRE TEMPS, this edition is translated from the French by Frances Kelly. The author's objective was to contribute to the renovation of the new Left working class movement by studying the recent past. 126 pages.
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Nanda, B.R., editor SOCIALISM IN INDIA
New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., (1972). 389046620 First U.S. edition. Hardcover. Near fine in red cloth with gilt titles to the spine; in a near fine dust jacket with minor nicks to the spine ends and short tears to the upper rear edge.
Ten authoritative scholars contribute to this history presenting the various facets of socialism in India. 299 pages; select bibliography; and index.
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Turchin, Valentin THE INERTIA OF FEAR AND THE SCIENTIFIC WORLDVIEW
New York: Columbia University Press, 1981. 0231046227 / 9780231046220 First edition in English. Hardcover. Fine in royal-blue linen with white titles to the spine; in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with just a touch of sunning to the spine panel. Translated by Guy Daniels; 300 pages; notes; and index.
Rejected for his human rights activities, the former leading Soviet physicist uses his experiences as a dissident intellectual to offer this description and analysis of Soviet society and the ramifications of its political and scientific philosophies.
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