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Represents the first ever attempt to combine the general theory of Marx's 'laws of motion' of the capitalist mode of production, with the concrete history of capitalism in the twentieth century.

Taking as their theme 'the sexualization of the body' - in particular women's sexualization - and the construction of gender, Frigga Haug and the other authors of this book make a contribution to these debates by taking their own bodies as objects of study.

An original and decisive contribution to the contemporary debate on the central Marxist concept of ideology.

Developing themes of his earlier works, Poulantzas here advances a vigorous critique of contemporary Marxist theories of the state, arguing against a general theory of the state, and identifying forms of class power crucial to socialist strategy that goes beyond the apparatus of the state.This new edition includes an introduction by Stuart Hall, which critically appraises Poulantzas's achievement.