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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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