{"product_id":"on-the-dictatorship-of-the-proletariat-paperback","title":"On the Dictatorship of the Proletariat - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eﾉtienne Balibar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo-one and nothing, not even the Congress of a Communist Party, can abolish the dictatorship of the proletariat. That is the most important conclusion of this book by  tienne Balibar. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBalibar spells out his reasoning against the background of the 22nd Congress of the French Communist Party, which decided to 'drop' the aim of the dictatorship of the proletariat and to substitute the objective of a 'democratic' road to socialism. His concrete references are therefore usually to arguments put forward within the French Party. But it is quite obvious that the significance of this book is much wider, not least because, in spite of the important political and economic differences separating the nations of western Europe, many of their Communist Parties are evolving in an apparently similar ideological direction, and indeed appear to be borrowing arguments from one another in support of their new positions.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eﾉtienne Balibar\u003c\/b\u003e is a French Marxist philosopher and the most celebrated student of Louis Althusser. He is also one of the leading exponents of French Marxist philosophy and the author of \u003ci\u003eSpinoza and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Marx\u003c\/i\u003e and co-author of \u003ci\u003eRace, Nation and Class\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReading Capital.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouis Althusser\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Algeria in 1918 and died in France in 1990. He taught philosophy for many years at the Ecole Normale Superieur in Paris, and was a leading intellectual in the French Communist Party. His books include \u003ci\u003eFor Marx\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eReading Capital\u003c\/i\u003e (with Etienne Balibar); \u003ci\u003eEssays in Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePolitics and History: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Marx\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMachiavelli and Us\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Spectre of Hegel\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 10, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51782284640544,"sku":"9780902308596","price":28.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/316b9bc76a96f78bdbf2544858bbb112.webp?v=1780567084","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/on-the-dictatorship-of-the-proletariat-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}