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Rudolf Bahro
The Alternative in Eastern
Europe
Bahro is a Marxist now serving eight
years imprisonment in East Ger–
many for his views. His book is a
major theoretical synthesis whose
aim is to explain the historical foun–
dation of bureaucratic ru Ie in East–
ern Europe, and to advance a politi–
cal programmecapableofovercom–
ing it. Bahro's 'alternative'- a set of
proposals for establishing genuine
socialism in such countries-is
concrete, detailed and explosive.
460pp $19.50
Paul Feyerabend
Science in a Free Society
A sustained and original attack on
the prestige of science in the west,
by the author of Against Method.
Feyerabend insists that the lay
population should control the views
and decisions of scientists. In a
stimulating intellectual self-por–
trait, he describes the origin and
development of his own views, and
then replies to the many critics of
his earlier work.
172pp $15.50
Ernest Mandel
The Second Slump
A Marxist Analysis of
Recession in the Seventies
Mandel locates the present reces–
sion in the context of the theory and
history of capitalist crises, arguing
that it is fundamentally a crisis of
over-production in which the oil
price rises of 1973 played only a
secondary role. He analyses the
economies of both capitalist and
socialist countries and concludes
with a programme for a socialist al–
ternative to present government
policies.
212pp
$12.95
Ernest Mandel
From Stalinism to
Eurocommunism
A vigorous polemic against the doc–
trines and directions of Eurocom–
munism, containing critical
analyses of the policies of each of
the major European Communist
Parties, their relationship to the
USSR and their view of opposition
in Eastern Europe.
220pp
$5.95 paperback/$15.00 cloth
Erik Olin Wright
Class, Crisis and the State
Wright focuses on some of the most
contentious problems of Marxist
theory, first advancing a new class
map of contemporary capitalist
societies, then surveying the di–
verse classical theories of economic
crisis, and finally discussing the
great political problem of bureauc–
racy.
266pp $13.95
Nicos Poulantzas
State, Power, Socialism
Pou lantzas presents a critique of
contemporary Marxist theories of
the state, stressing the interpene–
tration of state and society and the
existence of conflict within the state
apparatuses themselves. He ends
with original proposals for a
socialist strategy in the developed
capitalist countries.
250pp $15.50
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Perry Anderson
Passages From Antiquity
to Feudalism
304pp $5.95 paperback
Terry Eagleton
Criticism and Ideology
192pp $5.25 paperback
Nicos Poulantzas
Political Power and
Social Classes
367pp $7.25 paperback
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