Marx on Emancipation and Socialist Goals

Robert X. Ware is a Canadian philosopher, retired from The University of Calgary, Canada, and residing in Ottawa. He did post-doctoral work in linguistics at MIT and has visited universities and institutes in Yugoslavia, Zimbabwe, Belgium, Italy, India, and China (1980s), where he has taught and lectured on many subjects including Marxism.

“Marx on Emancipation and Socialist Goals … is an excellent introduction into some of the key theoretical and political controversies that have haunted the global left for the past two centuries. Ware not only succinctly presents contrasting perspectives on Marx scholarship, but also provides refreshingly provocative interventions into otherwise wearisome debates. For this, his book deserves strong praise.” (Onur Acaroglu, Marx and Philosophy, marxandphilosophy.org.uk, April 17, 2020)“The work becomes not only a contribution on the more obscure films of the director, but also an engaging discussion on militant filmmaking more generally. … This book will be most appreciated by a more specialized audience, particularly those already familiar with Godard who are interested not only in his radical and political practices, but also his work outside of the typical cannon, including unmade films, shorts, and television projects.” (Mackenzie Leadston, Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature STTCL, Vol. 44 (1), October, 2020)

• 1. Emancipation and Retrievals.- 2. Methodological Beginnings.- 3. Coquetting with Dialectics.- 4. Fettered Forces and New Found Freedom.- 5. Marx on the Division of Labour.- 6. Marx on Class Consciousness and Organisation.- 7. Nationalism and Internationalism.- 8. Marx’s Morality for All.- 9. Emancipatory Democracy.- 10. Marx on State and Society in the Future.- 11. Marx on Some Phases of Communism.- 12. Two Projects of Socialism.