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The Marxist Theory of Alienation
"Is alienation, or estrangement from one's fellow human beings, an innate and inevitable condition of human existence? The authors of this book say no. They explain that alienation is rooted in the development of class society itself, in the alienation of labor under all systems of private property from slavery to capitalism, where the products of the hands and minds of the vast majority are taken from them and controlled by the propertied class. Mandel and Novack argue that alienation can be overcome through the revolutionary fight for a society both free of domination by the capitalist class, and with complete democratic control of the government and economy by working people" -- Back cover.
Understanding History
"How did capitalism arise? Why and when did this exploitative system exhaust its once progressive role? Why is revolutionary change fundamental to human progress?"--Google Books viewed May 7, 2021.
America's Revolutionary Heritage
Explanatory essays on Native Americans, the first American revolution, the Civil War, the rise of industrial capitalism, and the first wave of the fight for women's rights.
An Introduction to the Logic of Marxism
Marxism is dialectical, Novack explains. It considers all phenomena in their development, in their transition from one state to another. And it is materialist, explaining the world as matter in motion that exists prior to and independently of human consciousness.
Democracy and Revolution
The limitations and advances of various forms of democracy in class society, from its roots in ancient Greece through its rise and decline under capitalism. Discusses the emergence of Bonapartism, military dictatorship, and fascism, and how democracy will be advanced under a workers and farmers regi
The Origins of Materialism
"The 2,500-year battle between exponents of materialism and idealism is rooted not in philosophy but in a far deeper conflict in society - between the established order and the social classes that seek to overthrow it. Materialism arose in combat against idealism - the rationalized reconstruction of religious views that transformed mythology into an ideological tool of aristocratic rule. Tracing the history of materialism to its origin in the bustling maritime cities of ancient Greece, George Novack explains how it emerged as the distinctive outlook of merchants, manufacturers, shipowners, artisans, miners, and maritime workers - the historically new and dynamic forces in the Greek city-states born of and sustained by far-flung ventures in trade, industry, and banking. And he tells why scientific materialism remains today a bulwark against obscurantism and reaction of all kinds"--Page 4 of cover.
Humanism and Socialism
The relationship between humanism -- the rational, secular expression of the ideals of the democratic revolution -- and scientific socialism.
Polemics in Marxist Philosophy
Novack defends scientific socialism -- the generalization of the historic line of march of the working class, first advanced by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. He answers those in the twentieth century who, parading as the true interpreters of Marx, have provided a "philosophical" veneer for the anti-working-class political course of Stalinist and social democratic misleaderships around the world.
