What's Left? Marxism, Utopianism, and the

Although Marx was the last great utopian, his work has been adapted in Russia and China to rationalize and justify totalitarian regimes, but it has also inspired Western utopian writers like Walter Benjamin, Herbert Marcuse, and Ernst Bloch. What's Left? explores what remains of the Marxist and Utopian Left after the death of totalitarian utopianism and authoritarian state socialism and how Marxism still provides a powerful critique of present day globalization.

From Marxist utopianism to socialist totalitarianism	p. 1
Karl Marx : the last great utopian	p. 3
From Marxism-Leninism to Stalinist utopianism	p. 15
China, chairman Mao and peasant utopianism	p. 31
Marxism, humanism and the revolt against history	p. 57
Walter Benjamin : between mysticism and Marxism	p. 59
Ernst Bloch : between Jesus and Marx	p. 77
Herbert Marcuse : between Marx and Freud	p. 99
Andre Gorz : from red to green utopia	p. 119
Conclusion : what's left?	p. 129
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What's Left? Marxism, Utopianism, and the Revolt against History

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