Power of Marxist Thought

David Fasenfest is an Adjunct Professor at York University. His research interests centre on urban sociology, race/class/gender, labour markets, and income inequality. His recent publications include Marx Matters.

• List of Figures Notes on Contributors 1 Power of Marxist Thought in the World of Ideas: an Introduction Raju J Das, Robert Latham and David Fasenfest part 1 2 Reason, Faith and Morality: Marxism versus Bourgeois Dualism Murray E.G. Smith and Tim Hayslip 3 Is Marx at Home in Ancient Rome? Or Is the Eternal City the Locus of an Eternal Capitalism? Tom Brass part 2 4 Political Economy in Geographic Research: Institutionalist versus Marxist Approaches Ilia Farahani, Mads Barbesgaard and Jostein Jakobsen 5 Land Rent and Unequal Development: Non-Marxist Views and the Marxist Alternative Patrick Galba de Paula 6 A Marxist Critique of Informality and the Informal Economy Paradigm: the Reality of Unprotected, Irregular Labor and the New Peripheral Capitalism Joshua Lew McDermott 7 The Globalization of the U.S. Military-Industrial Complex: Transnational Capital and Empire in the EU, Asia and the Persian Gulf Ronald W. Cox part 3 8 Environmental Sociology and Ecological Marxism Tarique Niazi 9 It Took 175 Years, but Marxist Insights into the Health Effects of Capitalism are Entering Mainstream Public Health Discourse Dennis Raphael and Toba Bryant 10 Back to Class/Back to Marx: an Alternative Perspective on Social Reproduction Martha E. Gimenez 11 Marxist and Non-Marxist Approaches to Black Liberation Joe Pateman 12 The Political Economy of Neoliberal Fascism Alfredo Saad-Filho Index