General Will Rousseau, Marx, Communism

This bold and unabashedly utopian book advances the thesis that Marx's notion of communism is a defensible, normative ideal. However, unlike many others who have written in this area, Levine applies the tools and techniques of analytic philosophy to formulate and defend his radical, political programme. The argument proceeds by filtering the ideals and institutions of Marxism through Rousseau's notion of the 'general will'. The book will be of particular interest to political philosophers and political scientists concerned with Marxism, socialist theory, and democratic theory.Levine, Andrew is the author of 'General Will Rousseau, Marx, Communism' with ISBN 9780521443227 and ISBN 0521443229.