OPEN MARXISM 3

Publication of the first two volumes of Open Marxism has renewed interest in a theoretical tradition which during the 1980s seemed to have lost momentum The series aims to 39open39 the theoretical categories of Marxism to actuality to renew old debates and to project new ones Within the framework of 39openness39 the authors of this longawaited third volume address a wide range of topics which have become classic in Marxist debate including dialectics epistemology social emancipation value theory historical materialism and the relationship between feminism and Marxism provides  a forum for open debate  on the key theoretical questions of the decadeThe contributors argue that sociological heritage  which grew up  under the banner of scientific Marxism has had a detrimental effect  on the movement of socialist thinking  The 39emancipation of Marx39  implies  both  freeing Marx from the understanding of the  20th Century and the freeing of the human spirit from the  control of capital The contributors have been selected from an international base and none have previously contributed to the series The issues covered are of contemporary relevance and along with the first two volumes this third examination of 39open Marxism39  provides the basis for a radical rethink on restructuring the world in which we live