{"product_id":"beyond-leviathan-critique-of-the-state-9781583679494","title":"Beyond Leviathan: Critique of the State","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA field-defining masterwork, this posthumous publication maps the evolution of the idea of the state from ancient Greece to today \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIstván Mészáros was one of the greatest political theorists of the twentieth century. Left unfinished at the time of his death, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Leviathan\u003c\/i\u003e is written on the magisterial scale of his previous book, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Capital, \u003c\/i\u003eand meant to complement that work. It focuses on the transcendence of the state, along with the transcendence of capital and alienated labor, while traversing the history of political theory from Plato to the present. Aristotle, More, Machiavelli, and Vico are only a few of the thinkers discussed in depth. The larger objective of this work is no less than to develop a full-edged critique of the state, in the Marxian tradition, and set against the critique of capital. Not only does it provide, for the first time, an all-embracing Marxian theory of the state, it gives new political meaning to the notion of \"the withering away of the state.\" In his definitive, seminal work, Mészáros seeks to illuminate the political preconditions for a society of substantive equality and substantive democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIstv?n M?sz?ros (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIstv?n M?sz?ros\u003c\/b\u003e was a professor emeritus at the University of Sussex and a world renown philosopher and critic. He authored \u003ci\u003eMarx's Theory of Alienation, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeyond Capital\u003c\/i\u003e, and over a dozen other titles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Bellamy Foster (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Bellamy Foster\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Oregon and editor of Monthly Review. He has written many books including\u003ci\u003e The Robbery of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e (with Brett Clark) and \u003ci\u003eThe Return of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Deutscher Memorial Prize. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Monthly Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50912925843730,"sku":"9781583679494","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_41632047-22be-4cea-bceb-33873590d5cc.jpg?v=1738779192","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/beyond-leviathan-critique-of-the-state-9781583679494","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}