The Norman Geras Reader (EPUB) von Ben Cohen

This reader provides an overview of the work of Norman Geras - philosopher, cricket enthusiast and influential political blogger - on Marxist theory, the importance of liberalism, the contemporary rise of anti-Semitism and the moral duty to help those suffering from extreme cruelty at the hands of the powerful.

Anthology introduction Ben Cohen and Eve GarrardPart I Marxism and liberalismOn Geras's Marxism Alan Johnson1 Human Nature and Historical Materialism 2 That Most Complex Being3 Minimum Utopia4 The Controversy About Marx and Justice5 What Does it Mean to be a Marxist?6 The Euston Manifesto7 The Reductions of the LeftPart II The longest hatred: antisemitism8 Alibi Antisemitism9 Marxists Before the Holocaust10 Marx and antisemitismPart III The responsibility to protect11 The Duty to Bring Aid12 Humanitarian Intervention13 The War in Iraq14 On Justifying Humanitarian Intervention in Syria15 Burying Humanitarian InterventionPart IV Normblog: the best ofIntroduction - Ben Cohen and Eve GarrardA Normblog decade Too much HolocaustSix theses on the death of Margaret ThatcherA right denied to millionsHymning HizbollahMy AustraliaWhy does football matter?Fiction like green vegetablesJane Austen's kickIt's his party, you can cry if you want toOrdinary womenPrimo Levi and Jean Amery: shameFifteen great jazz albumsThinking about war To keep on keepin on Epilogue: reflections on the work of Norman Geras Terry Glavin Norman Geras: the complete bibliographyIndex

This is the first book to gather the key writings of the distinguished political theorist Norman Geras into a single volume, providing a comprehensive overview of the thinking of one of the most important Marxist philosophers in the post-war era. Among the essays included here are 'The Controversy about Marx and Justice', 'The Duty to Bring Aid', 'Primo Levi and Jean Amery: Shame' and the contentious 'Euston Manifesto', which lays down a set of central principles for the democratic left in the twenty-first century. The reader is rounded out with several posts from Geras's much-loved and widely read 'Normblog', as well as companion essays by Alan Johnson and Terry Glavin, which explore how Geras's philosophical concerns led to his more recent, trenchant critiques of the direction of left-wing politics.

Eve Garrard is Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of ManchesterBen Cohen is a New-York based writer and a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, Tablet, Haaretz, Commentary and other publications