Q. Why did you become a Marxist and why do you remain a Marxist? Moreover, how can you justify your version of Marxism as Marxism?
A. This is a very interesting question. I never reflected on this issue and then made the decision from one day to the next. It was not like a religious conversion. You do not wake up one day and say “Oh my God, I’m a Marxist” and then elaborate the reasons.
This on-line version is the pre-copyedited, preprint version. The published version can be found here: ‘Regulation Theories in Retrospect and Prospect’, Economy and Society, 19 (2), May 1990. Abstract This paper presents a detailed methodological critique of the regulation research programme and its application to capitalist economies and the state. It defines four common methodological…
This on-line version is the pre-copyedited, preprint version. The published version can be found here: ‘Critical realism and semologic’ (co-authored with N. Fairclough and A. Sayer), in J.M. Roberts and J. Joseph, eds, Realism, Discourse and Deconstruction, London: Routledge, 23-42, 2004. *** By: Norman Fairclough, Bob Jessop, Andrew Sayer Abstract: This chapter explores the mutual…
Source: http://dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/schools-and-departments/leicester-business-school/politics-and-public-policy/news/2014/world-renowned-political-expert-to-deliver-annual-lecture.aspx *** An internationally-acknowledged expert on state theory and political economy will be sharing his fascinating insights at a public lecture being delivered at De Montfort University next month. Professor Bob Jessop, described as “one of the most outstanding and influential contemporary exponents of state theory”, is delivering the Department of Politics and Public Policy‘s…
This on-line version is the pre-copyedited, preprint version. The published version can be found here: ‘Capitalism, the regulation approach, and critical realism’, in A. Brown, S. Fleetwood, and J. Roberts, eds, Critical Realism and Marxism, London: Routledge, 88-115, 2001. *** [1] Committed critical realist commentators on the economics discipline have not discussed, as far as…
Berlin, 27.06.2012
Bob Jessop 