Amadeo Bordiga

The Science and Passion of Communism: Selected Writings of Amadeo Bordiga (1912-1965)

Herausgeber: Basso, Pietro

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Amadeo Bordiga was one of the greatest figures of the Third Communist International. The Science and Passion of Communism presents his Soviet and internationalist battles in the revolutionary post-WWI period until that against Stalinism, and those in the post-WWII period against the triumphant U.S. capitalism and for an original, updated re-presentation of Marxist critique of political economy.

Produktdetails

• Historical Materialism Book Nr.209
• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 540
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 164mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 866g
• ISBN-13: 9789004234505
• ISBN-10: 9004234500
• Artikelnr.: 58033781

Autorenporträt

Amadeo Bordiga was one of the greatest figures of the Third International. A socialist militant from the age of 21, he became the undisputed leader of the Communist Party of Italy before being imprisoned by the Mussolini regime. After a long hiatus, he resumed his political and theoretical work in 1944, producing many significant writings in the years up to his death in 1970. Pietro Basso has been Associate Professor of Sociology at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice. His works include Modern Times, Ancient Hours (Verso, 2003), Le racisme européen (Syllepse, 2016), and Le grandi questioni sociali del nostro tempo (Edizioni Ca' Foscari, 2018, co-edited with Giuliana Chiaretti).