Joseph R Starobin
Biographic Data
| ID | 735883 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph R Starobin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph R |
| FAMILY NAME | Starobin |
| SIGNATURE | STAROBIN J R |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1954 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Books reviewed
The Communist Party in Canada. By Ivan Avakumovic. Toronto: McClellan & Steward Ltd, 1975. 275 pp. $5.95, paper. Sozialismus in der Propaganda: Das Werben der “Völkischen Beobachter” um die österreichische Arbeiterschaft 1938/1939. By Robert Schwartz. “Materialien zur Arbeiterbewegung,” no. 2. Vienna, 1975. 159 pp. The Town Labourer and the Industrial Revolution. By Malcolm I. Thomis. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1975. 247 pp. $11.00. Economics an…
Squaring the Circle
American Communism in Crisis, 1943–1957
In 1943 the American Communist Party was a large, politically influential, broadly based movement. In 1957 it was a small, weak, and isolated political sect. The Party's decline in the intervening Cold War years is the subject of this book-an analysis of a major radical movement that touched millions of Americans and pervaded many aspects of American life. The author, at one time active in the Party and foreign editor of its paper, the Daily Work…
American Communism in Crisis, 1943-1957
Origins of the Cold War
IT is surely a suggestive irony that just at the point when younger American historians had made serious intellectual headway with their reinterpretation of the cold war, fixing historical responsibility in terms of the mistakes, delusions and imperatives of United States policy, the Soviet Union aston ished friends and foes by overwhelming Czechoslovakia and turning its clock of history backwards. If the cold war has not revived, small thanks ar…
Communism in Western Europe
ANY appraisal of the Communist parties in Europe /- must begin with a distinction that may appear semantic but really touches on one of the most exposed nerves of this strange movement which claims a unique understanding of history, indeed the capacity to make history, and yet which contemporary history has so badly lacerated. is a factor, sometimes serious, sometimes vestigial in Europe today; but Western European Communism does not exist. There…
On Marxism
The most stimulating feature of Paul Baran's two essays, "On the Nature of Marxism," (MR, October and November, 1958) lies in how contradictory they are. He has attempted to square Marxian doctrine with some of the realities of contemporary capitalism without reappraising that doctrine—in fact, all the while insisting that no revisions are needed even if events have turned out quite differently than Marx and Engels expected. His is a virtuoso per…
American Radicalism—Past and Future
Review of American Radicals: Some Problems and Personalities edited by Harvey Goldberg.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website
Problems of American Socialism
We continue the broad discussion (begun in last month's issue) with Joseph Starobin's response to Paul Sweezy's review of his recent book (see Sweezy, "From Paris to Peking to New York," MR, March 1956). Last month's discussion pieces have evoked a good deal of comment, and A. P.'s "If Not Now, When?" has been particularly commended by many readers. One correction, however, deserves to be recorded. A correspondent writes: "The quotation on page 1…
Eyewitness in Indo-China
Eyewitness in Indochina
American Communism in Crisis, 1943-1957
Origins of the Cold War
IT is surely a suggestive irony that just at the point when younger American historians had made serious intellectual headway with their reinterpretation of the cold war, fixing historical responsibility in terms of the mistakes, delusions and imperatives of United States policy, the Soviet Union aston ished friends and foes by overwhelming Czechoslovakia and turning its clock of history backwards. If the cold war has not revived, small thanks ar…
Communism in Western Europe
ANY appraisal of the Communist parties in Europe /- must begin with a distinction that may appear semantic but really touches on one of the most exposed nerves of this strange movement which claims a unique understanding of history, indeed the capacity to make history, and yet which contemporary history has so badly lacerated. is a factor, sometimes serious, sometimes vestigial in Europe today; but Western European Communism does not exist. There…
Eyewitness in Indochina
Eyewitness in Indo-China
Problems of American Socialism
We continue the broad discussion (begun in last month's issue) with Joseph Starobin's response to Paul Sweezy's review of his recent book (see Sweezy, "From Paris to Peking to New York," MR, March 1956). Last month's discussion pieces have evoked a good deal of comment, and A. P.'s "If Not Now, When?" has been particularly commended by many readers. One correction, however, deserves to be recorded. A correspondent writes: "The quotation on page 1…
American Radicalism—Past and Future
Review of American Radicals: Some Problems and Personalities edited by Harvey Goldberg.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website
On Marxism
The most stimulating feature of Paul Baran's two essays, "On the Nature of Marxism," (MR, October and November, 1958) lies in how contradictory they are. He has attempted to square Marxian doctrine with some of the realities of contemporary capitalism without reappraising that doctrine—in fact, all the while insisting that no revisions are needed even if events have turned out quite differently than Marx and Engels expected. His is a virtuoso per…
Communism in Western Europe
ANY appraisal of the Communist parties in Europe /- must begin with a distinction that may appear semantic but really touches on one of the most exposed nerves of this strange movement which claims a unique understanding of history, indeed the capacity to make history, and yet which contemporary history has so badly lacerated. is a factor, sometimes serious, sometimes vestigial in Europe today; but Western European Communism does not exist. There…
Origins of the Cold War
IT is surely a suggestive irony that just at the point when younger American historians had made serious intellectual headway with their reinterpretation of the cold war, fixing historical responsibility in terms of the mistakes, delusions and imperatives of United States policy, the Soviet Union aston ished friends and foes by overwhelming Czechoslovakia and turning its clock of history backwards. If the cold war has not revived, small thanks ar…
American Communism in Crisis, 1943–1957
In 1943 the American Communist Party was a large, politically influential, broadly based movement. In 1957 it was a small, weak, and isolated political sect. The Party's decline in the intervening Cold War years is the subject of this book-an analysis of a major radical movement that touched millions of Americans and pervaded many aspects of American life. The author, at one time active in the Party and foreign editor of its paper, the Daily Work…
American Communism in Crisis, 1943-1957
Squaring the Circle
Books reviewed
The Communist Party in Canada. By Ivan Avakumovic. Toronto: McClellan & Steward Ltd, 1975. 275 pp. $5.95, paper. Sozialismus in der Propaganda: Das Werben der “Völkischen Beobachter” um die österreichische Arbeiterschaft 1938/1939. By Robert Schwartz. “Materialien zur Arbeiterbewegung,” no. 2. Vienna, 1975. 159 pp. The Town Labourer and the Industrial Revolution. By Malcolm I. Thomis. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1975. 247 pp. $11.00. Economics an…
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