Here is the best introduction to the work and thought of István Mészáros, the preeminent Marxist philosopher and author of Beyond Capital, Social Structures and Forms of Consciousness Vols. I and II, and other contributions to the development of socialist thought for the twenty-first century.
Hugo Chávez called him “the pathfinder” of twenty-first century socialism.
Michael A. Lebowitz contends that “Mészáros is one of the few people who has made essential contributions to the body of Marxist thought.”
Bertell Ollman argues that “no living Marxist philosopher has done more to clarify and to show the continuing relevance of Marx’s most important theories than István Mészáros.”
218 pages
Paperback.
Released: December 2009
For the month of February, we’re excited to offer The Structural Crisis of Capital as our Book of the Month. This collection of essays and interviews is the perfect introduction to Mészáros’s thought and a worthy stepping stone to denser theoretical works like Beyond Capital. Mészáros discusses the trajectory of contemporary capitalism, issues related to the transition to socialism, the Venezuelan Revolution, the Great Recession, and more. Use coupon code MESZAROS2014 when you checkout and receive 35% off.
As John Bellamy Foster says in the foreword to this indispensable book, “Today the structural crisis of capital provides the historical setting for a new revolutionary movement for social emancipation in which developments normally taking centuries would flit by like phantoms in decades or even years. But the force for such necessary, vital change remains with the people themselves, and rests on humanity’s willingness to constitute itself as both subject and object of history, through the collective struggle to create a just and sustainable world. This, Mészáros insists, constitutes the unprecedented challenge and burden of our historical time.”
