Open Marxism

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A 'school' of Marxism which draws on anarchist critiques of Party communism and stresses the openness to praxis and to history, the 'practical reflexivity' of Marx's own concepts. The 'openness' in Open Marxism also refers to a non-deterministic view of history in which the unpredictability of class struggle is foregrounded. The sources of Open Marxism are many, from György Lukács' return to the philosophical roots of Marx's thinking, to council communism, from anarchism to elements of Autonomism. Three volumes entitled Open Marxism were published by Pluto Press in the 1990s. Recent work by Open Marxists has included a revaluation of Adorno. Those commonly associated with Open Marxism include John Holloway (sociologist), Werner Bonefeld, Richard Gunn, Kosmas Psychopedis and Helmut Reichelt.

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Open Marxism vol. 1: Dialectics and History 978-7543-0590-3 Vol 2: Theory and Practice 978-7453-0591-1 Vol 3: Emancipating Marx 978-7453-0864-3

Negatividad y Revolución: Theodor W. Adorno y la Política (2007), ISBN 978-987-22929-2-8 ed. with Fernando Matamoros & Sergio Tischler (soon to be published in English by Pluto Press)