The Poulantzas Reader

Marxism, Law, and the State

Nicos Poulantzas, James Martin

• Publisher: Verso
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9781844672004
• eBook ISBN:
  9781789603873
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Political Philosophy

Nicos Poulantzas was one of the leading Marxist theorists of the twentieth century, developing seminal analyses of the state and social classes during the crisis of monopoly capitalism. This volume brings together a wide selection of Poulantzas' key writings in legal philosophy and political sociology, including some important pieces translated here for the first time. Texts include his early analyses of law, his studies of hegemony, authoritarianism, and social classes, and his debate on the state with Ralph Miliband and Ernesto Laclau.
An essential introduction for the scholar and the student to a body of work that continues to reverberate across the social sciences.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1. Marxist Examination of the Contemporary State and Law and the Question of the ‘Alternative’
• 2. Sartre’s Critique of Dialectical Reason and Law
• 3. Preliminaries to the Study of Hegemony in the State
• 4. Marxist Political Theory in Great Britain
• 5. Towards a Marxist Theory
• 6. The Political Forms of the Military Coup d’État
• 7. The Problem of the Capitalist State
• 8. On Social Classes
• 9. Internationalization of Capitalist Relations and the Nation-State
• 10. On the Popular Impact of Fascism
• 11. The Capitalist State: A Reply to Miliband and Laclau
• 12. The Political Crisis and the Crisis of the State
• 13. The New Petty Bourgeoisie
• 14. The State and the Transition to Socialism
• 15. Towards a Democratic Socialism
• 16. Is There a Crisis in Marxism?
• 17. Interview with Nicos Poulantzas
• 18. Research Note on the State and Society
• Notes
• Index