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Part 1

Late Marx

The first part of the book begins with an article which sets out the line of argument the book is to pursue: an historiography of Marx’s thought which differs from that usually adopted, the place of Russian social data and revolution experience in it, the way it indicates Marx’s developing insights into ‘the peripheries’ of the capitalism he was exploring in Volume I of Capital. The subsequent article by Wada offers a systematic textual analysis – an intellectual history – of the changes which occurred in Marx’s writings since 1867 and considers their relation to the Russian scene and their direct relevance to Marx’s growing awareness of the ‘structure of backward capitalism’. Wada’s work reflects also the very important achievement of the Japanese scholars, which was seldom given the attention and credit it deserves. The last item within Part One is a section of a larger article by Derek Sayer and Philip Corrigan which offered an early critical response to Shanin and Wada’s views concerning the continuity and the change in Marx’s thought. Their line of criticism is presented without being endorsed, in the spirit of the book’s motto. The part of the article devoted to changes in Marx’s understanding of the state, linking the experience of the Paris Commune of 1871 to his consideration of the Russian peasant commune in 1881, is presented in full as an interesting extension of the theme to which this book is devoted.