The Legacy of Ernest Mandel keyword-london-review-of-books was doomed to eternal opposition

was doomed to eternal opposition unless it undertook drastic remedial action: the pursuit of the ‘modernizing’ agenda to the point where it ceased to be a social-democratic party of any kind

Ludwig von Mises and Roberto Michels

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more democratic understanding of politics in the Americas

The Legacy of Ernest Mandel keyword-london-review-of-books was doomed to eternal oppositionErnest Mandel (19231995) was a member of a very rare breed: a theorist of activist Marxism. Leader of the international Trotskyist movement, lifelong revolutionary, and scholar of world renown, Mandel was one of those few individuals who combined the roles of political leader with intellectual work that commands the respect of the academy. This work presents a critical appraisal of the vast range of Mandels theoretical work. The authors assess his