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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. An Introduction to Analytical Marxism -- 2. The Classical Marxist Assault on Capitalism -- 3. The Analytical Marxist Rejection of Classical Marxism -- 4. Analytical Marxism versus Libertarian Rights -- 5. Cohen on Proletarian Unfreedom -- 6. The Socialist Alternative -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index

Is a Marxist society liable to be an oppressive one? To ask this question is immediately to pose two others: what is meant by Marxism; and what counts as an oppressive society? To take these questions in reverse order, by an oppressive society I shall mean one in which, other things being equal, people do not possess basic civil liberties. Examples of basic civil liberties (I intend here to be fairly uncontroversial) include, but are not limited to, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and, if the society has a political system, the freedom to participate in that system. An example of what I mean by basic civil liberties is the system of basic liberties discussed by Rawls; the United States Bill of Rights is another example.