{"product_id":"old-gods-new-enigmas-marxs-lost-theory-paperback","title":"Old Gods, New Enigmas: Marx's Lost Theory - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMike Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs revolution possible in the age of the Anthropocene?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarx has returned, but which Marx? Recent biographies have proclaimed him to be an emphatically nineteenth-century figure, but in this book, Mike Davis's first directly about Marx and Marxism, a thinker comes to light who speaks to the present as much as the past. In a series of searching, propulsive essays, Davis, the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Quartz\u003c\/i\u003e and recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, explores Marx's inquiries into two key questions of our time: Who can lead a revolutionary transformation of society? And what is the cause--and solution--of the planetary environmental crisis?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavis consults a vast archive of labor history to illuminate new aspects of Marx's theoretical texts and political journalism. He offers a \"lost Marx,\" whose analyses of historical agency, nationalism, and the \"middle landscape\" of class struggle are crucial to the renewal of revolutionary thought in our darkening age. Davis presents a critique of the current fetishism of the \"anthropocene,\" which suppresses the links between the global employment crisis and capitalism's failure to ensure human survival in a more extreme climate. In a finale, \u003ci\u003eOld Gods, New Enigmas\u003c\/i\u003e looks backward to the great forgotten debates on alternative socialist urbanism (1880-1934) to find the conceptual keys to a universal high quality of life in a sustainable environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books including \u003ci\u003eCity of Quartz\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Monster at Our Door\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBuda's Wagon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePlanet of Slums\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the Lannan Literary Award. He lives in San Diego.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 7.79 x 5.27 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51775182176544,"sku":"9781804298206","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8377316c81d5bde4ce8849010095603b.webp?v=1780459107","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/old-gods-new-enigmas-marxs-lost-theory-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}