The End of the Democratic State - Nicos Poulantzas, a Marxism for the 21st Century - Marx, Engels, and Marxisms

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A scholarly book presenting Nicos Poulantzas’s work through the lens of 21st-century Marxism, translated by David Broder. The series framing highlights how contemporary research and interdisciplinary perspectives, including reception studies, challenge oversimplified “Marxist” traditions. It emphasizes intellectual diversity across languages, local contexts, and political engagements, aiming to revitalize critical analysis of capitalism. The text also includes publication-series orientation and supporting bibliographic information.

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The Marx revival

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The END of the DEMOCRATIC STATE Nicos Poulantzas, a Marxism for the 21st Century EDITED BY JEAN-NUMA DUCANGE & RAZMIG KEUCHEYAN TRANSLATED BY DAVID BRODER Marx, Engels, and Marxisms Series Editors Marcello Musto York University Toronto, ON, Canada Terrell Carver Bristol, UK The volumes of this series challenge the ‘Marxist’ intellectual traditions to date by making use of scholarly discoveries of the Marx-Engels Gesamtausgabe since the 1990s, taking on board interdisciplinary and other new critical perspectives, and incorporating ‘reception studies’. Authors and editors in the series resist oversimplification of ideas andreinscription of traditions. Moreover, their very diversity in terms of language, local context, political engagement and scholarly practice mark the series out from any other in the field. Involving scholars from different fields and cultural backgrounds, the series editors ensure tolerance for differences within and between provocative monographs and edited volumes. Running contrary to 20th century practices of simplification, the books in this innovative series revitalize Marxist intellectual traditions. More information about this series at [http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14812](http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14812) Jean-Numa Ducange · Razmig Keucheyan Editors The End of the Democratic State Nicos Poulantzas, a Marxism for the 21st Century Editors Jean-Numa Ducange University of Rouen Mont-Saint-Aignan, France Razmig Keucheyan University of Bordeaux Bordeaux, France Translated by David Broder, Paris, France Marx, Engels, and Marxisms ISBN 978-3-319-90889-2 ISBN 978-3-319-90890-8 (eBook) [https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90890-8](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90890-8) Library of Congress Control Number: 2018942209 Translated with permission from the original French language edition: La Fin de l’etat Democratique: Nicos Poulantzas, un marxisme pour le XXI siecle by Jean-Numa Ducange and Razmig Keucheyan. Copyright © Presses Universitaires de France/Humensis 2016 All Rights Reserved © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: Everett Collection Historical/Alamy Stock Photo Cover design: Laura de Grasse Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland The English version of this book was supported by the “Groupe de recherche d’histoire”(GRHIS Université de Rouen-Normandie) and the “Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire Homme et société” (IRIHS Université de Rouen-Normandie) . SerieS Foreword The Marx revival The Marx renaissa

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What is the central theme associated with Nicos Poulantzas in this book?

The book positions Nicos Poulantzas’s ideas as a form of Marxism relevant to the 21st century, connected to critical analysis of capitalism.

What role does the series foreword assign to new research perspectives?

It states that scholarly discoveries, interdisciplinary approaches, and reception studies help challenge oversimplified “Marxist” intellectual traditions.

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The translation is credited to David Broder, and the text includes editorial credits plus publication and bibliographic identifiers such as ISBN and DOI.

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