Re: [Marxism] Istvan Meszaros

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Mészáros is the author of works justly praised as magisterial, like 
/Beyond Capital/ and /Social Structures of Forms of Consciousness/, but 
his work can seem daunting and some may not stay the course to 
appreciate the value of his offerings.


I have really learned a lot from Meszaros. I believe that one day he 
will receive his due as one of the most effective interrogators of our 
time, and one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th century.


The Necessity of Social Control (2014) is a recent concise, accessible 
overview of Mészáros’s ideas, a broad survey of his work from his 
critique of bourgeois economics to the structural crisis of the capital 
system to the transition to socialism. Reading it may stir the reader to 
go further into and receive greater benefit from his writings.


John Bellamy Foster in his foreword to The Necessity of Social Control:

“István Mészáros is one of the greatest philosophers that the historical 
materialist tradition has yet produced. His work stands practically 
alone today in the depth of its analysis of Marx’s theory of alienation, 
the structural crisis of capital, the demise of Soviet-style 
post-revolutionary societies, and the necessary conditions of the 
transition to socialism. His dialectical inquiry into social structure 
and forms of consciousness—a systematic critique of the prevailing forms 
of thought—is unequaled in our time.”


Tribute to Meszaros from Judith Orr, author of Abortion Wars, the fight 
for reproductive rights (Policy Press) and Marxism and Women’s 
Liberation (Bookmarks Publications): 
https://www.facebook.com/judith.orr.581/posts/10159391768355427


His works online, in addition to various videos and articles: 
https://www.marxists.org/archive/meszaros/index.htm




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[Marxism] Istvan Meszaros

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Monthly Review's comrade and friend,István Mészáros, died two days ago. He was 
one of the world's greatest philosophers, and a generous and warmhearted man. 
Hugo Chavez called him the "pathfinder" of 21st century socialism. He won the 
Deutscher Memorial Prize in 1970 for his book, Marx's Theory of Alienation. 
Part of the lecture he delivered in 1971 when he accepted the prize has been 
posted by Ian Angus. Take the time to read it. His insights into our 
environmental catastrophe, written 46 years ago, are even more relevant today. 
He was indeed a "pathfinder."

http://climateandcapitalism.com/2017/10/02/istvan-meszaros-capitalism-and-ecological-destruction/
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