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Introduction This bibliography is divided into three parts: 1) works that deal with or use Marx's philosophy of internal relations; 2) works that present non-Marxist versions of this philosophy; and [...]

The problems most people have in understanding Marx come not only from the complexity of his theories, but also from the frequent changes in the meanings of his concepts. The present article attributes this unusual practice to Marx's 'philosophy of internal relations', which serves as the foundation for his dialectical method, and his use of the process of abstraction (breaking up our internally related world into the 'parts' best suited to study it). The 'flexibility' found in Marx's use of language is the linguistic counterpart of the different abstractions he believes necessary in order to capture the complex workings of capitalism. Marx's dialectical categories, especially 'contradiction', are good examples of this process at work. Keywords Philosophy of internal relations, philosophy of external relations, process of abstraction, abstraction of extension, abstraction of level of generality, abstraction of vantage point, published Marx vs. unpublished Marx, paradox vs. contradiction, Introduction One of the more profound tales in Greek mythology has the Sphinx ask Oedipus, 'What walks on four legs in the morning, on two legs in the afternoon, and [...]

The Gordian knot foiled all attempts to undo it until Alexander the Great came along and cut it open with his sword. This legend is often presented as a model [...]

Stealing an election is not as obvious as robbing a bank, but more like fixing a deck of cards, where most the stealing takes place out of sight and the outcome is there is never a doubt. The Democratic Party leaders care more about legitimating the existing governmental system and maintaining social stability than they do about the interests of their voters and the declared principles of democracy.

Allow me to compliment you on your editorial creativity for beginning the special issue on 'The Public Value of Political Science Research' (PS March 2000) with a brilliant Marxist satire [...]

The conversation between Carl Davidson and Bertell Ollman on anti-market mystifications, which shows, how our economic life shapes our social outlook and our thinking about our future, are mentioned.

Comparing with all other civilizations, capitalism suffers from a remarkable lack of transparency. The idea that it is possible to build a socialist society while retaining the market as the chief means for distributing goods is examined along with ten criticisms of market socialism mentioned.