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This volume, which initially appeared in 1970, constitutes a major set of statements by leading social scientists, historians, and philosophers to explain the continuing impact of Marxism 150 years after its emergence. The second edition is graced with a stunning new 50 page essay by the editor on the Asiatic mode of production-what has been called the Achilles heel of Marxism by some and its limiting case by others., Marxism: The Inner Dialogues covers a wide range of basic issues and problems arising from what has been said for, against, and about Marxism. This is a rich and systematic collection of writing by the foremost authorities on the subject in the world. The book provides the most inclusive and lasting analysis of Marxist thought available. Professor Curtis has confronted current problems in Marxist studies in the context of the classic concerns of western thought., In addition to new material, the book includes discussions of the meaning fulness of Marxist theory, Marxist doctrine as ideology, the unity or lack thereof in Marxism, claims to the true inheritance of Marx, alienation in Marxist thought, the ethical bases of Marxism, the sociological worth of Marxist analysis, the validity of the dialectic, the materialist conception of history, Marxism and economic analysis, political theory and the proletariat, socialism and state power, and Marxist doctrine and modernization., Marxism: The Inner Dialogues, with contributions from major figures such as George Lichtheim, Lewis Coser, T.B. Bottomore, Daniel Bell, Alasdair Maclntyre, Oskar Lange, Ralf Dahrendorf, Seymour Martin Lipset, and Robert Tucker, among others, provides a highly useful compendium that can be extremely valuable in courses in general political theory and the theories driving modern social movements.

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Political Correctness and the Obsessive Attack on Israel; Bias in the International Community; Bias in Geneva; The Durban Follies; Animosity or Hatred?; The Accusation of Apartheid; Apartheid Used as a Cultural Weapon; The Big Lie; Israel Is Not a Colonial Power; The Bizarre Alliance against Israel; The Weapon of Boycott; Zionist Thinkers; What the BBC Did Not Know and Should Have Known about Jerusalem; Justice for the Kurds; Secretary-General Ban Goes to Teheran.

Introduction: What's past is prologue ---- European views of Islam and their correlation with Oriental despotism --- Observant travelers --- Political thinkers and the Orient --- The Oriental despotic universe of Montesquieu --- Edmund Burke and despotism in India --- Alexis de Tocqueville and colonization --- James Mill and John Stuart Mill : despotism in India --- Karl Marx : the Asiatic mode of production and Oriental despotism --- Max Weber : patrimonialism as a political type.