‎Contents

‎Preface

‎Introduction

‎Chapter 1. The Development of Varying Marx-Oriented Conceptual Approaches between the Poles of Politics and Theory from the 1960s to the Present

‎1. Dogmatic Marxism before the Political and Theoretical Upheaval

‎1.1. Soviet Marxism-Leninism before De-Stalinisation

‎1.2. A Brief Insight into the Current State of Research into Chinese Marxism before 1978

‎2. Marxism’s Resurgence between the Inception and Highpoint of Political Movements of Emancipation (Circa 1960/65–77)

‎2.1. Western Europe and the Anglo-Saxon World

‎2.2. Latin America and Asia

‎2.3. ‘Heretical Marxism’ in Eastern Europe

‎3. From the Proclamation of the ‘Crisis of Marxism’ to the Decline of Marxism as a Mass Ideology (Circa 1974–90)

‎3.1. Europe and North America

‎3.2. Latin America, Africa and Asia

‎4. The Global Situation after the End of Marxism as a Mass Ideology (Circa 1990–2008)

‎Chapter 2. The Further Development of the Marx Debate since the 1960s: A Survey

‎1. West Germany

‎2. Japan

‎2.1. The Situation before 1945

‎2.2. The Evolution of the Japanese Debate from the Postwar Period to the Present

‎3. Other Asian Countries

‎3.1. South Asia

‎3.2. East Asia

‎4. The Former Socialist Countries in Europe

‎4.1. The Soviet Union

‎4.2. The GDR and other Former Socialist Countries in Europe

‎5. Italy, France and Other Western European Countries

‎5.1. Italy

‎5.2. France

‎5.3. Other Western European Countries

‎6. Latin America and Spain

‎6.1. Latin America

‎6.2. Spain

‎7. The Anglo-Saxon World

‎Critical Excursus on Perry Anderson’s In the Tracks of Historical Materialism

‎Chapter 3. In-Depth Analyses: Central Discourses within the German and International Discussions of Marx from the 1980s to the Present

‎1. The Understanding of the Object of Critique and Value-Theory

‎1.1. On the Understanding of the Object of the Critique of Political Economy

‎1.2. A Survey of the International Debate on Marx’s Theory of Value, with a Particular Focus on the Analysis of the Value-Form

‎1.3. Summary

‎2. The Problematic of Enquiry and Exposition in the Critique of Political Economy

‎2.1. A ‘Mont Blanc’ of Research Material

‎2.2. The Ascent from the Abstract to the Concrete and the ‘Problem of the Beginning’ in Marx’s Presentation

‎2.3. The Relation of Marx’s Critique of Political Economy to Hegel’s Philosophy as Reflected in the International Debate

‎2.4. Summary

‎3. The Six-Volume Plan and the Concept of ‘Capital in General’

‎3.1. The Structure of the Critique of Political Economy in Six Volumes

‎3.2. The Problematic of ‘Capital in General’

‎3.3. Summary

‎4. Crisis Theory in and after Marx

‎4.1. Approaches to the Interpretation of Marx’s Crisis Theory

‎4.2. An Insight into the Marx-Oriented Discussion of Crisis in South Korea following the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997

‎Excursus on the World Market and Crisis

‎4.3. Summary

‎Conclusion

‎Postface

‎Bibliography

‎Index