Political Organization

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6 - Political Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 May 2020

Peter Hudis

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Marcello Musto

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York University, Toronto

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To be sure, these early writings refer to the party in a broad sense – as an organized embodiment of ideas – rather than an instrument for securing state power. Nevertheless, they serve as the basis of the concept of organization that he developed for the rest of his life. Political parties for Marx were about much more than the exercise of power or domination. They are forms for intervening in reality on the basis of ideas that have proven their historical objectivity. For this reason, he often referred to ‘the party’ even when it consisted of no more than he and Friedrich Engels.

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Information: The Marx Revival
Key Concepts and New Critical Interpretations
, pp. 108 - 125

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316338902.007 [Opens in a new window]

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