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The article is an account of Romanian Marxist discourse between 1970 and 1980, one that was completely engaged in the justification and legitimation of the contemporary totalitarian political regime. Radu Florian's works, one of the most representative authors of this decade, are analysed via the conceptual lenses of Austrian economic theory. This methodological approach is quite fertile, since it generates clear explanations why Marxist theory and the communist state incarnating its teachings could not and cannot implement their claims. The samples of Romanian Marxist discourse under scrutiny are a showcase of philosophy invaded by rhetorics and converted into ideology. The author concludes that Romanian Marxism in the designated period represents a long line of contradictions resulting from the attempt to adapt a cruel reality to a generous and humane self-construction of a political programme.

The Theoretical Themes and Characteristics of Marxist Philosophy -- Practice: Ontology of Existing World and Human Existence -- Practice: Existence Mode of Human and Essence of Social Life -- Practical Basis of Dialectics -- Dialectics of Ontological Critique -- Consciousness and Ideological Critique -- The Essence, Structure and Paradoxical Movement of Cognition -- The Construction, Retrospection and Reflection of Thought -- Social Structure: Institutionalization of Interactive Relation among People -- Objective Process, Historical Law and the Road of Social Development -- Human Liberation and Development.

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Motto -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Marxism and the History of Philosophy -- What is a Philosophical Tendency? -- Paul of Tarsus, Thinker of the Conjuncture -- Paul's Gift Economy: Wages, Debt, and Debt Cancellation -- Althusser and the Problem of Historical Individuality -- 'The Roaring of the Sea': Hobbes on the Madness of the Multitude -- Spinoza's Three Modes of Rebellion: Indignant, Glorious, and Serene -- Alexandre Matheron on Militant Reason and the Intellectual Love of God -- An Ethics for Marxism: Spinoza on Fortitude -- Marxism and Contemporary Philosophy -- Death and Life in Marx's Capital: an Ethical Investigation -- Hegel or Spinoza: Substance, Subject, and Critical Marxism -- Contradictions of Hyperreality: Baudrillard, Žižek, and Virtual Dialectics -- A Marxist Encounter with the Philosophy of Gilles Deleuze -- Deleuze and Althusser: Flirting with Structuralism -- Marxist Wisdom: Antonio Negri on the Book of Job -- A Displaced Transition: Habermas on the Public Sphere -- Self-Emancipation, Then and Now -- Self-Emancipation and Political Marxism -- Islamophobia and Self-Emancipation -- Climate Crisis, Ideology, and Collective Action -- Beatitude: Marx, Aristotle, Averroes, Spinoza -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index.

"From a Marxist philosophical perspective, this collection of essays investigates the maturing self-consciousness and self-assertion of Chinese academia, especially within the humanities and social sciences, permitting more penetrating insights and critical engagement with the social reality of China. The author elaborates on the relationship between Hegel and Marx's philosophy and their concepts of reality, thereby accounting for the historic and philosophical conditions for the autonomy of Chinese academia. Drawing on intellectual resources from both Eastern and Western archives, including phenomenology, philosophical hermeneutics, Western Marxism, and China's pacifist tradition, the book refutes Huntington's speculation about Chinese imperialism and delineates how China's development can contribute to a fundamental critique of capitalist civilisation and a new paradigm of global governance. In addition, the book challenges the thinking of Chinese neo-liberals and nationalist-conservatives and their understandings of the history and social reality of China. Hence, the author advocates a reconstruction of the spiritual and intellectual realm within society based on Marxism, in order to counter Sinophobia, neo-liberalism, and nationalism at the same time. The book will appeal to readers interested in social and political philosophy, philosophy of history, Marxism, and China studies"--

"For Marxists, imperialism is the highest stage of capitalism. Critical analysis of imperialism has been a feature of Marxist throughout the twentieth century. The conceptualising and theorising of imperialism by Marxists has evolved over time in response to developments in the global capitalist economy and in international politics. Murray Noonan here provides the first complete analysis of Marxist theories of imperialism in over two decades. Presenting three phases of imperialist theories, he analyses and compares 'Classical', 'Neo' and 'Globalisation-era' Marxist theories of imperialism. The book moves chronologically, tracking the origins of imperialism theorised by J.A. Hobson at the beginning of the twentieth century up to the present day. He critically identifies and engages with a new 'Globalisation-era' phase of Marxist imperialism theory. Through a detailed scholarly analysis of the history and evolution of these theories, Noonan offers vital new perspectives on imperialist theory and its relevance and application in the twenty-first century."--Bloomsbury Publishing