First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Chapter 1 SOME INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS ON THE SUBJECT OF THIS BOOK; Part 1 THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS; Chapter 2 SOME OBSERVATIONS ON DIALECTICS; Chapter 3 THE SOURCES OF MARXIST PHILOSOPHY; Chapter 4 THOUGHT AND SOCIETY; Part 2 THE ANATOMY OF BOURGEOIS SOCIETY; Chapter 5 THE MARXIST CONCEPT OF LAWS OF SOCIAL LIFE; Chapter 6 THE MARXIST THEORY OF VALUE; Chapter 7 THE THEORY OF THE INDUSTRIAL CYCLE; Chapter 8 STAGNATION AND BREAKDOWN OF CAPITALIST SOCIETY; Chapter 9 SOME PROBLEMS OF THE ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION OF PAST SOCIAL FORMATIONS; Part 3 CLASS AND STATE; Chapter 10 THE CONCEPT OF CLASS; Chapter 11 STATE AS AN INSTRUMENT OF CLASS RULE; Chapter 12 THE SOCIALIST CONQUEST OF POWER; Part 4 THE CONDITIONS OF REALISATION; Chapter 13 THE INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK; Chapter 14 INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND WARS; Chapter 15 THE PEASANTS' AND THE NATIONALITIES' QUESTION; Part 5 THE SOCIETY TO COME; Chapter 16 PLANNING AND EQUALITY; Chapter 17 STATE AND LAW IN THE SOCIETY TO COME; Chapter 18 THE INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVISM; Chapter 19 NATIONALITY AND INTERNATIONALISM;