Paul Thomas is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Karl Marx and the Anarchists, published by Routledge.

"Free of jargon and verbosity, gentle and generous in guiding the reader through its arguments, and completely sustained in its clarity, Alien Politics is a compelling read." -- Paul Breines, Boston College"...this book opens up some important questions in social and political theory, drawing some new connections between what are often seen as disparate parts of Marx's work." -- Journal of Political and Military Sociology

• REFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION : WHAT PRICE THE STAT E ?1. THE STATE AS A FINISHED THING ”2. MARX AND HEGEL : MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT3. “THE SABRE , THE COWL , THE M U S K E T ” : M A R X ’S B R U M A IR E4. THE S TATE AS TOPOS : LENIN AND GR AM S C I5. S U B J E C T - S T A T E , O B J E C T - S T A T E : FROM G RAM SC I TO P OU L AN T Z A S6. THE S TATE OF THE S TA T E : KAU T SK Y , E U R O C O M M U N ISM AND BEYOND CONCLUSION

Paul Thomas is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Karl Marx and the Anarchists, published by Routledge.

"Free of jargon and verbosity, gentle and generous in guiding the reader through its arguments, and completely sustained in its clarity, Alien Politics is a compelling read." -- Paul Breines, Boston College"...this book opens up some important questions in social and political theory, drawing some new connections between what are often seen as disparate parts of Marx's work." -- Journal of Political and Military Sociology

• REFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION : WHAT PRICE THE STAT E ?1. THE STATE AS A FINISHED THING ”2. MARX AND HEGEL : MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT3. “THE SABRE , THE COWL , THE M U S K E T ” : M A R X ’S B R U M A IR E4. THE S TATE AS TOPOS : LENIN AND GR AM S C I5. S U B J E C T - S T A T E , O B J E C T - S T A T E : FROM G RAM SC I TO P OU L AN T Z A S6. THE S TATE OF THE S TA T E : KAU T SK Y , E U R O C O M M U N ISM AND BEYOND CONCLUSION

Paul Thomas is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Karl Marx and the Anarchists, published by Routledge.

"Free of jargon and verbosity, gentle and generous in guiding the reader through its arguments, and completely sustained in its clarity, Alien Politics is a compelling read." -- Paul Breines, Boston College"...this book opens up some important questions in social and political theory, drawing some new connections between what are often seen as disparate parts of Marx's work." -- Journal of Political and Military Sociology

• REFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION : WHAT PRICE THE STAT E ?1. THE STATE AS A FINISHED THING ”2. MARX AND HEGEL : MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT3. “THE SABRE , THE COWL , THE M U S K E T ” : M A R X ’S B R U M A IR E4. THE S TATE AS TOPOS : LENIN AND GR AM S C I5. S U B J E C T - S T A T E , O B J E C T - S T A T E : FROM G RAM SC I TO P OU L AN T Z A S6. THE S TATE OF THE S TA T E : KAU T SK Y , E U R O C O M M U N ISM AND BEYOND CONCLUSION