Session 9

Session 9. Tuesday Feb 25. Councils and Socialism in “Eastern” and “Western” Marxism. Lukacs, Korsch and Gramsci. Arato. Readings: Gramsci "The Conquest of the State" and "Unions and the dictatorship", Kollontai The Worker’s Opposition; Shliapnikov “Theses on the Workers Opposition”, selections from History and Class Consciousness (reification parts I and III); and Gramsci “Workers democracy” “Unions and Councils” “the Turing Factory council Movement” (look at also Prison Notebooks (state and civil society); Korsch Evolution of the Problem of Political Workers’ Councils” “Marxism and Philosophy. An Anti Critique”.

https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/1919/07/conquest-state.htm

https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/1919/10/unions-dictatorship.htm

https://www.marxists.org/archive/shliapnikov/1921/workers-opposition.htm

https://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/1921/workers-opposition/index.htm

https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/1919/06/workers-democracy.htm

https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/1919/10/unions-councils.htm

https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/1921/03/turin_councils.htm

https://www.marxists.org/archive/korsch/1921/councils.htm

https://www.marxists.org/archive/korsch/19xx/anti-critique.htm

https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/index.htm

The Revolution Against 'Capital',* (Avanti!, 24 November)

State and Civil Society from Prison Notebooks, Gramsci

Recommended Readings: Oskar Anweiler - The Soviets; Daniels - The Conscience of the Revolution

https://www.marxists.org/archive/lukacs/index.htm