Rise of the Red Engineers explains the tumultuous origins of the class of technocratic officials who rule China today. In a fascinating account, author Joel Andreas chronicles how two mutually hostile groups—the poorly educated peasant revolutionaries who seized power in 1949 and China's old educated elite—coalesced to form a new dominant class. After dispossessing the country's propertied classes, Mao and the Communist Party took radical measures to eliminate class distinctions based on education, aggravating antagonisms between the new political and old cultural elites. Ultimately, however, Mao's attacks on both groups during the Cultural Revolution spurred inter-elite unity, paving the way—after his death—for the consolidation of a new class that combined their political and cultural resources. This story is told through a case study of Tsinghua University, which—as China's premier school of technology—was at the epicenter of these conflicts and became the party's preferred training ground for technocrats, including many of China's current leaders.

In this concise and startling book, the author of One-Dimensional Man argues that the time for utopian speculation has come. Marcuse argues that the traditional conceptions of human freedom have been rendered obsolete by the development of advanced industrial society. Social theory can no longer content itself with repeating the formula, "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs," but must now investigate the nature of human needs themselves. Marcuse's claim is that even if production were controlled and determined by the workers, society would still be repressive—unless the workers themselves had the needs and aspirations of free men. Ranging from philosophical anthropology to aesthetics An Essay on Liberation attempts to outline—in a highly speculative and tentative fashion—the new possibilities for human liberation. The Essay contains the following chapters: A Biological Foundation for Socialism?, The New Sensibility, Subverting Forces—in Transition, and Solidarity.

日中戦争、大躍進、文化大革命、天安門事件など、幾多の困難にもかかわらず成長し続け、国際的影響力を強める中国とその政権を握る中国共産党。
壮大な理想とリアリズムの間で揺れ動いた毛沢東、鄧小平、習近平らの思想と行動、そして彼らが引き起こした歴史的事件を通じてその実像を解き明かす。

★★——本書榮獲第17屆（2022年）?山純三賞——★★
★★——臺灣第一本系統分析中共管制新疆七十年的書籍——★★

平野聰╱政治歷史學家、楊海英╱文化人類學家、侍建宇╱臺灣國防專家
——專文推薦

從「解放」、給予「自治」，到以「扶貧」為名的大規模拘禁，
中共的新疆政策為何愈發嚴苛？
當中共強化「鑄牢中華民族共同體意識」，使新疆成為中國不可分割的一部分，
而維吾爾人成為中華民族一員的真相，竟是「文化的種族滅絕」！？
　　新疆維吾爾自治區自1955年成立之初，中共表示將「解放少數民族」。然而，如今的中共轉而採取嚴厲的統治，將許多人安置在「職業技能教育和培訓中心」，因而備受國際社會譴責。問題是，中共為何如此？是什麼樣的治理過程，導致了對當地的維吾爾人與穆斯林的拘禁？

　　最初，中共以自治的名義大規模培養少數民族幹部，藉由在群體內創造既得利益者，防止其團結造反。就此而言，中共可說是藉由分裂少數民族來維持其統治。不過從「解放」以降，拒絕歸順中共的群體持續抗爭，近幾十年來，新疆境內外也發生了多次抗議和暴亂。對於這些不滿，中共認為源於地區經濟發展的停滯，若推動發展，不滿將逐步得到解決。

　　但實際上，發展政策擴大了貧富差距，也導致民族間關係的惡化──尤其，2013年的天安門汽車襲擊事件和隔年的昆明火車站恐怖襲擊事件，都讓官方認定：為了不讓貧困的少數民族成為「極端主義分子」，就必須加強監控並執行「反恐」政策。於是，中共在新疆建立大型的培訓中心，試圖一舉完成扶貧、也根除恐怖主義，讓少數民族獲得「重生」……

　　本書爬梳中共在新疆的統治歷程，可謂是新疆從「解放」至今在中共治下的一部通史；在梳理歷史脈絡時，也側重新疆當地的民族幹部地位如何衰退、以及來自內地的漢人幹部的權力上升的過程。更能使讀者明白，自新疆「解放」至今的七十年間，中國共產黨曾經自詡為少數民族的「解放者」，如今卻成為拘禁並改造少數民族的政治力量。

　　此外，作者也表明，國際間以「種族滅絕」來譴責中共暴行的說法仍有待商榷，實際上維吾爾人的處境比較類似「文化的種族滅絕」，正是因為中共企圖以「再教育」的方式改造維吾爾人「重生」為漢人之故。讀者也能從中得知新疆問題正與蒙古、西藏、香港、臺灣一脈相連，是中國「民族主義」本質作祟、強加「鑄牢中華民族共同體意識」的結果。

书名原文:Исторический материализм как социально-философская теория

Originally published in 1964, One-Dimensional Man quickly became one of the most important texts in the ensuing decade of radical political change. This second edition, newly introduced by Marcuse scholar Douglas Kellner, presents Marcuse's best-selling work to another generation of readers in the context of contemporary events.

The publication of Cultural Studies 1983 is a touchstone event in the history of Cultural Studies and a testament to Stuart Hall's unparalleled contributions. The eight foundational lectures Hall delivered at the University of Illinois in 1983 introduced North American audiences to a thinker and discipline that would shift the course of critical scholarship. Unavailable until now, these lectures present Hall's original engagements with the theoretical positions that contributed to the formation of Cultural Studies. Throughout this personally guided tour of Cultural Studies' intellectual genealogy, Hall discusses the work of Richard Hoggart, Raymond Williams, and E. P. Thompson; the influence of structuralism; the limitations and possibilities of Marxist theory; and the importance of Althusser and Gramsci. Throughout these theoretical reflections, Hall insists that Cultural Studies aims to provide the means for political change.

这本《德国社会民主党纲领汇编》是我和我的老师殷叙彝先生合作编译的。在把这些历史文件翻译出来、提供大家阅读的时候，我们首先要回答一个问题：为什么要研究德国社会民主党？
这个问题现在主要是针对学术界提出来的，所有在政治、经济、哲学、社会、文化等各种不同学科领域从事研究工作的学者都在不同程度上接触德国社会民主党研究。比如，一位著名的中国经济学家就曾经说过，社会民主党人的经济理论对中国的经济学界产生过很大影响。当然，这其中就包括德国社会民主党经济学家关于德国经济模式的理论。更不用说现在非常热门的国外政党研究了，德国社会民主党在自身建设方面的历史经验教训和目前最新动态，都是当前不少政治理论家密切关注的课题。
德国社会民主党研究在中国具有很长的历史，至少在1949年以后，对于德国社会民主党研究，人们在不同时期从不同角度出发确定各种不同的切入点，从而形成不同的研究热点。

What is love? Ist die Liebe Sinn des Lebens, eine politische Allianz, Illusion oder Selbstzweck? Oder ist sie gar unmöglich, weil wir uns zwischen Zukunftsängsten, überhöhten Ansprüchen und diskriminierenden Strukturen völlig zerreiben?

Şeyda Kurt nimmt unsere allzu vertrauten Liebesnormen im Kraftfeld von Patriarchat, Rassismus und Kapitalismus auseinander – und erforscht am Beispiel ihrer eigenen Biografie, wie traditionelle Beziehungsmodelle in die Schieflage geraten, sobald sicher geglaubte Familienbande zerbrechen und hergebrachte Wahrheiten in Zweifel geraten. Denn Liebe existiert nicht im luftleeren Raum. Sie ist ein Spiegel unserer Gesellschaft. Und sie ist politisch.

Wie also wollen wir wirklich lieben? Wen und wie viele? Wie kann er aussehen, ein radikaler Neuentwurf der Liebe? Und wie können Menschen sich gemeinsam gegen die Ismen unserer Gesellschaft behaupten – als Partner*innen, Familie und Freund*innen? Scharfsinnig, witzig und mit einem feinen Gespür für die zahlreichen Fallstricke und Dimensionen der Liebe erzählt Şeyda Kurt von ihrer Suche nach neuen Narrativen – und einer uns eigenen Sprache der Zärtlichkeit, in der wir mit überkommenden Beziehungsmodellen brechen und ein gerechteres Miteinander wagen können.
»Es macht großen Spaß, sich von ihr den Kopf verdrehen zu lassen.« Alexandra Friedrich, NDR Kultur, 20.04.2021
»Ein zukunftsweisender und gerade wegen seiner Kritik an der Liebe radikal liebevoller Denkanstoß.« Marlene Halser, Berliner Zeitung, 30.04.2021
»Seyda Kurts Buch ist ein überzeugendes Plädoyer für eine Vielfalt von Beziehungsformen – und für die Bedeutsamkeit von Freundschaften.« Inga Dreyer, neues deutschland, 06.05.2021
»Wenn Sie sich diese Frage auch stellen möchten, in welchen Beziehungen möchte ich leben, dann empfehlen wir Şeyda Kurt.« rbb die Literaturagenten, 09.05.2021
»Der langersehnte Befreiungsschlag – komprimiert auf 215 gut recherchierte und noch besser geschriebene Seiten.« Philipp Köpp, Esquire.de, 23.05.2021
»[Ein] Anfang der Auseinandersetzung auf Augenhöhe. ‘Radikale Zärtlichkeit‘ ist beides: radikal und zärtlich.« Mithu Sanyal, WDR5, 21.05.2021
»Es ist ein im positiven Sinne freches Buch.« Natascha Freundel, Rbb Kultur, 01.06.2021
»Ich habe bei der Lektüre sehr viel über mich selbst gelernt.« Linus Giese, GQ, 03.06.2021
»Spannend, humorvoll und absolut empfehlenswert.« Verena Kettner, An.schläge, 06.2021
»Regt zu einer Auseinandersetzung an.« Philipp Schröder, Berliner Morgenpost, 14.06.2021
»Lesenswert!« Marigona Sulejmani, Grazia, 01.07.2021
»Alle sollten es lesen.« Marlene Münßinger, Bücher Magazin, 08.2021

In vivid detail, Francis Wheen tells the story of Das Kapital and Karl Marx’s twenty-year struggle to complete his unfinished masterpiece. Born in a two-room flat in London’s Soho amid political squabbles and personal tragedy, the first volume of Das Kapital was published in 1867, to muted praise. But after Marx’s death, the book went on to influence thinkers, writers, and revolutionaries, from George Bernard Shaw to V. I. Lenin, changing the direction of twentieth-century history. Wheen’s captivating, accessible book shows that, far from being a dry economic treatise, Das Kapital is like a vast Gothic novel whose heroes are enslaved by the monster they created: capitalism. Furthermore, Wheen argues, as long as capitalism endures, Das Kapital demands to be read and understood.

Between the closing battles of the Second World War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Cold War cast a shadow over the lives of people throughout the world. while open conflict was avoided between the ideologically competing superpowers and their principal allies, millions died in battlegrounds in parts of the world that were usually far from Moscow, Washington and London.<br /><br />The threat of nuclear annihilation was omnipresent, but at the same time mutually assured destruction tempered conflict and focused minds. Subtle (and not so subtle) attempts to influence popular opinion either way were apparent in everyday life on both sides of the divide. while the power of the dollar and the burgeoning costs of the arms race eventually broke the Soviet economy, the idea that capitalism ‘won’ the the Cold War seems misplaced, especially if one considers events that have happened since, including very recent armed conflict.<br /><br />The book takes the reader through main events of the period, but focuses on the impact on ordinary citizens East and West and the view of events from their perspective. This is a story of how economies on both sides were built around war preparations and the advance of destructive technologies that had no social benefits apart from the provision of employment. Sources used are unusual in not fitting the western-based narratives that pervade both academic histories and popular accounts.<br /><br />However, this book is not an apology for the more oppressive aspects of Soviet policy as the USSR struggled to build ‘really existing socialism’ within its own borders and the Eastern Bloc countries under its immediate influence. Instead, it brings a people’s perspective from both sides onto this important period of recent history, whose consequences are very much still with us as we face modern challenges around climate change and growing inequality across our world. <i>A People’s History of the Cold War – Stories from East and West</i> captures the mood of the times with its extensive contemporary illustrations.

This passionate, pitiless analysis of post-Soviet Russia should be read by all interested in that country's present and future. Library Journal"It is a sorry tale, told with passion and competence." The IndependentRussia has undergone more seismic changes over the last 100 years than almost any other country. The 1917 Revolution, the rapid industrialisation of the 1930s, the following devastation of the Second World War, and the present return to Capitalism has seen the deep impoverishment of the entire population. The key questions which Kagarlitsky addresses are how to understand these changes, and how to characterise the complex process of reform, revolution and counter revolution. In a country with such a turbulent and violent political history, what path should development take, and what lies ahead? Looking in detail at the nature of Russian society and politics since 1990, Kagarlitsky offers an introductory political analysis of the major political and economic developments that have taken place under President Yeltsin, and the legacy he bequeathed so unexpectedly to his successor Putin. He focuses on the role of the media in post-Soviet Russia, corporate structures and their influence on social conflict, the formation of the oligarchy and the role of the left in modern Russia. This is a valuable source for anyone requiring a basic understanding of post-Soviet Russia and a clear historical guide for all students of contemporary Russian history.

Examines the history and functioning of Russia's post-Soviet political system–an “imitation democracy”

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia under Yeltsin and Putin implemented a political system of “imitation democracy,” marked by “a huge disparity between formal constitutional principles and the reality of authoritarian rule.” How did this system take shape, how else might it have developed, and what are the prospects for re-envisioning it more democratically in the future?

These questions animate Dmitrii Furman’s Imitation Democracy, a welcome antidote to books that blandly decry Putin as an omnipotent dictator, without considering his platforms, constituencies, and sources of power. With extensive public opinion polling drawn from throughout the late- and post-Soviet period, and a thorough knowledge of both official and unofficial histories, Furman offers a definitive account of the formation of the modern Russian political system, casting it into powerful relief through comparisons with other post-Soviet states.

Peopled with grey technocrats, warring oligarchs, patriots, and provocateurs, Furman’s narrative details the struggles among partisan factions, and the waves of public sentiment, that shaped modern Russia’s political landscape, culminating in Putin’s third presidential term, which resolves the contradiction between the “form” and “content” of imitation democracy, “the formal dependence of power on elections and the actual dependence of elections on power.”

The Communist Road to Capitalism explores how a dynamic of social struggles from below followed by countermeasures of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime has pushed the historical evolution of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) since 1949. Under socialism until the mid-1970s, during the ensuing transition until the mid-1990s, and in the capitalist period since, the CCP regime responded to the struggles of workers, peasants, migrants, and women* with a mix of repression, concession, cooptation, and reform. Ralf Ruckus shows that this dynamic took the country into a new phase each time—and eventually all the way from socialism to capitalism: in the 1950s, labor struggles and the Hundred Flowers Movement were followed by the regime’s Great Leap Forward; in the 1960s, the Cultural Revolution led to the CCP’s failed attempt to revitalize socialism; in the 1970s, social unrest and movements for a democratic socialism made room for the regime’s Reform and Opening policies; in the late 1980s, the Tian’anmen Square uprising triggered more radical reforms; in the 1990s, peasant and state worker unrest could not stop the capitalist restructuring; and in the 2000s, migrant worker struggles led to concessions, tightened repression, and the regime’s global capitalist expansion strategy in the 2010s. The Communist Road to Capitalism breaks with established orthodoxies about the PRC’s socialist “successes” and myths on its later rise as an economic power. It combines a historiography of workers’, peasants’, migrants’, and women*’s struggles with a searing critique of exploitation, authoritarian state power and gender discrimination under socialism and capitalism. Drawing lessons from PRC history, Ralf Ruckus finally outlines political aims and methods for the left that avoid past mistakes and allow to fight on for a society free of all forms of exploitation and oppression.