Politics and ideology in Marxist theory: Capitalism, fascism, populism

Contents......Page 3
Introduction......Page 4
1 - Feudalism and Capitalism in Latin America......Page 11
Frank's Theoretical Scheme......Page 12
The Critique of Dualist Conceptions......Page 15
The Theoretical Mistakes in Frank's Conception......Page 18
Modes of Production and Economic Systems......Page 30
The Stages of Dependence......Page 31
Postscript......Page 38
2 - The Specificity of the Political......Page 47
Methodological and Epistemological Questions......Page 55
The Method of Poulantzas......Page 59
Structural Superdeterminism ?......Page 60
The Ideological State Apparatuses......Page 63
Structuralist Abstractionism?......Page 65
The Concept of Mode of Production......Page 68
3 - Fascism and Ideology......Page 76
Poulantzas's Interpretation of Fascism......Page 84
Ideological 'Elements' and their Class Belonging......Page 87
Class Interpellations and Popular-democratic Interpellations......Page 95
The Class Nature of the Petty-bourgeoisie......Page 106
The Rise of Fascism: the Crisis of the Power Bloc......Page 110
The Rise of Fascism: the Crisis of the Working Class......Page 119
The Political Lessons of Fascism......Page 130
4 - Towards a Theory of Populism......Page 138
I......Page 139
II......Page 153
III......Page 171
IV......Page 189
Index......Page 194