This book explores how Marx envisaged society after capital(ism) by a close examination of the idea of socialism in the … Capital aside in discussions of socialism in Marx’s works on the grounds that it is uniquely preoccupied with the critical … society preparing the advent of socialism envisioned as an association of free and equal individuals. …

Foreword by Francesco Schettino Part I:Capitalism and Socialism as Modes of Production 1. Introduction to Part I2. The …. Labor and value 5. Real competition, pending issues and the core propositions of the surplus approach6. Real socialism and … the law of value7. The Meta-Mode of Production 8. Socialism under the Meta Mode of Production Part II: China's journey …

science and advance a few elementary theories about what socialism in the 21st century could look like. The second part …