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Critical Realism is gaining ground in the social sciences and humanities, and critical realist orientated scholars can be found in economics, gender studies geography, history, law, organisation management studies, social theory and philosophy. Marxism refuses to go away, and remains one of the key intellectual perspectives- a point even conceded by its opponents. Moreover many of those caught in the recent upsurge of ''anti-capitalist'' sentiment are finding valuable lessons available from a body of thought that has been staunchly ''anti-capitalist'' for 150 years. Critical Realism and Marxism is the first book to address the controversial debate between critical realism and Marxism, and it does so from a wide range of disciplines. The authors argue that whilst one book cannot answer all the questions about the relationship between critical realism and Marxism, this book does provide some significant answers. In doing so, Critical Realism and Marxism reveals a potentially fruitful relationship, deepens our understanding of the social world and thereby makes an important contribution towards eliminating the barbarism that accompanies contemporary capitalism.

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Table of contents : List of illustrations Notes on contributors Preface Acknowledgements 1. The Marriage of critical realism and Marxism: happy, unhappy or on the rocks? Andrew Brown, Steve Fleetwood and John Roberts 2. Five ways in which critical realism can help Marxism Jonathan Joseph 3. Critical realist arguments in Marx's CapitalHans G. Ehrbar 4. What kind of theory is Marx's labour theory of value? A critical realist enquiry Steve Fleetwood 5. Capitalism, the regulation approach, and critical realism Bob Jessop 6. Critical realism: beyond the Marxism/post-Marxism divide Neil Curry 7. Materialism, realism and dialectics Sean Creavan 9. Dialectic in Marxism and critical realism Andrew Brown 10. From spaces of antagonism to spaces of engagement Noel Castree 11. The spectral ontology of value Christopher J. Arthur 12. Abstracting emancipation; two dialectics on the trail of freedom John Roberts Index

Contributor Information :Christopher Arthur former lecturer in philosophy at the University of Sussex Andrew Brown University of Leeds Noel Castree Manchester University Andrew Collier Southampton University Sean Creaven Leeds Metropolitan University Neil Curry University College Chichester Hans G. Ehrbar University of Utah, US Steve Fleetwood Lancaster University Bob Jessop Lancaster University Jonathan Joseph Open University and Goldsmiths John Michael Roberts University of Manchester