Marxism and Left-Wing Politics in Europe and Iran

• Main Author: Shahibzadeh, Yadullah (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Comparative politics.; Middle East-Politics and government.; Europe-Politics and government.; Russia-Politics and government.; Religion and politics.; Comparative Politics.; Middle Eastern Politics.; European Politics.; Russian and Post-Soviet Politics.; Politics and Religion.

This book reveals aspects of the rise and fall of the European and Iranian Left, their conceptualization of Marxism and ideological formations. Questions regarding the Left and Marxism within two seemingly different economic, political and intellectual and cultural contexts require comprehensive com...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Chapter 1: Introduction
• 2. Chapter 2: From True Democracy to Communism
• 3. Chapter 3: The Vanguard Party and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
• 4. Chapter 4: The Crisis of Marxism: Ideology and Class-Consciousness
• 5. Chapter 5: Iran as Part of Global Communism
• 6. Chapter 6: Ideological Formation of the Stalinist Marxism in Iran and France
• 7. Chapter 7: The Crisis of Stalinism after 1953
• 8. Chapter 8: French Marxism: Ideology and the Question of power
• 9. Chapter 9: The New Left in Iran: A Discourse on Gun and Politics
• 10. Chapter 10: The Educator must be Educated
• 11. Chapter 11: From Communism to Democracy
• 12. Chapter 12: Toward a Communist Democracy
• 13. Chapter 13: Conclusion.