Alexander Theodore Callinicos (born 24 July 1950) is a Rhodesian-born British political theorist and activist. An adherent of Trotskyism, he is a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and serves as its International Secretary. He is also editor of International Socialism, the SWP's theoretical journal, and has published a number of books.
Callinicos's mother, the Honorable Ædgyth Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, was the daughter of the 2nd Lord Acton, descended from the 19th-century English historian Lord Acton. [1]
He became involved in revolutionary politics as a student at Balliol College, Oxford, where he read for his BA and came to know Christopher Hitchens, then himself active in the International Socialists (the SWP's forerunner).[2] He also received his DPhil at Oxford. The earliest writing by Callinicos for the International Socialists was an analysis of the student movement of the period. His other early writings focused on southern Africa and the French structuralist-Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser. In 1977, Callinicos married Joanna Seddon,[1] a fellow Oxford doctoral student.
Career and activism
Callinicos participated in the Counter-Summit to the IMF/World Bank Meeting in Prague, September 2000 and the demonstration against the G8 in Genoa, June 2001. He has also been involved in organising the Social Forum movement in Europe. He was a contributor to Dictionnaire Marx Contemporain (2001),[3] and has written articles in New Left Review.
He was Professor of Politics at the University of York before being appointed Professor of European Studies at King's College London in September 2005. He succeeded Chris Harman as editor of International Socialism in January 2010 shortly after Harman died and is a British correspondent for Actuel Marx. Callinicos joined the central committee of the SWP in the late 1970s; he retains this position.
In January 2013, in the context of a serious crisis inside the UK Socialist Workers Party (SWP) associated with the party's response to an allegation of rape against a leading member of the party, known as Comrade Delta, and with the demand for changes to the existing form of the system of democratic centralism within the SWP, he wrote a defence of Leninism and democratic centralism. Callinicos disagreed with those who argued for the need to change the existing system.[4] He called the allegation of rape a "difficult disciplinary case",[4] a comment for which socialist feminist Laurie Penny thought he "[mistook] a plea for some basic respect for women's sexual autonomy as an attempt to undermine the revolution from within."[5]
Callinicos also took a prominent position on another issue which had divided the Socialist Workers Party (SWP): the use of the Internet in disagreements about confidential party issues. He complained about "the dark side of the Internet" in which individuals have "used blogs and social media to launch a campaign within the SWP".[4]
In order to disentangle a conference organised by the Historical Materialism journal in Delhi during 2013 from the SWP crisis, his invitation to the conference was withdrawn in March 2013.[6]
2014: Deciphering Capital: Marx's Capital and its destiny (London: Bookmarks).
Articles
"Trotsky’s Theory of Permanent Revolution" (1982)
"The 'New Middle Class' and socialists" (1983)
"Bourgeois Revolutions and Historical Materialism" (1989)
"Marxism and Imperialism Today" (1991)
"Race and Class" (1992)
"Wonders Taken for Signs: Homi Bhabha's Postcolonialism". In Post-Ality: Marxism and Postmodernism. Edited by Mas'ud Zavarzadeh, Teresa Ebert, and Donald Morton. Washington, DC: Maisonneuve Press (1995).
"The Anti-Capitalist Movement And The Revolutionary Left" (2001)
(2001)
"The grand strategy of the American Empire" (2002)
"Imperialism and Global Political Economy", International Socialism, 108, Autumn 2005.
"Interview with Alex Callinicos: The Imperial Assault on the Middle East" (2006)
^Callinicos, Alex (16 December 2011). "Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011)". Socialist Worker. No. 2283. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^J. Bidet and E. Kouvelakis, eds., Dictionnaire Marx Contemporain Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2001
^ abcAlex Callinicos, "Is Leninism finished?" Socialist Review, February 2013, posted on 28 January 2013.
^Laurie Penny, "The SWP and rape: why I care about this Marxist-Leninist implosion", The Guardian, 12 March 2013.
^Hugh Muir, "Diary: A message to the SWP from Delhi: stay away", The Guardian, 27 March 2013.
External links
Alex Callinicos Internet Archive
May 15, 2023
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Alexander Theodore Callinicos born 24 July 1950 is a Rhodesian born British political theorist and activist An adherent of Trotskyism he is a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party SWP and serves as its International Secretary He is also editor of International Socialism the SWP s theoretical journal and has published a number of books Alex CallinicosAlex Callinicos in 2009BornAlexander Theodore Callinicos 1950 07 24 24 July 1950 age 72 Salisbury Southern RhodesiaEra20th century philosophyContemporary philosophyRegionWestern philosophySchoolMarxismMain interestsPoliticsPolitical economySocial theoryInfluences HegelMarxLeninLuxemburgTrotskyLukacsGramsciCliffAlthusserHarman Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life 1 2 Career and activism 2 Works 2 1 Books pamphlets 2 2 Articles 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditEarly life Edit Callinicos s mother the Honorable AEdgyth Lyon Dalberg Acton was the daughter of the 2nd Lord Acton descended from the 19th century English historian Lord Acton 1 Callinicos was educated at St George s College Salisbury now Harare citation needed He became involved in revolutionary politics as a student at Balliol College Oxford where he read for his BA and came to know Christopher Hitchens then himself active in the International Socialists the SWP s forerunner 2 He also received his DPhil at Oxford The earliest writing by Callinicos for the International Socialists was an analysis of the student movement of the period His other early writings focused on southern Africa and the French structuralist Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser In 1977 Callinicos married Joanna Seddon 1 a fellow Oxford doctoral student Career and activism Edit Callinicos participated in the Counter Summit to the IMF World Bank Meeting in Prague September 2000 and the demonstration against the G8 in Genoa June 2001 He has also been involved in organising the Social Forum movement in Europe He was a contributor to Dictionnaire Marx Contemporain 2001 3 and has written articles in New Left Review He was Professor of Politics at the University of York before being appointed Professor of European Studies at King s College London in September 2005 He succeeded Chris Harman as editor of International Socialism in January 2010 shortly after Harman died and is a British correspondent for Actuel Marx Callinicos joined the central committee of the SWP in the late 1970s he retains this position In January 2013 in the context of a serious crisis inside the UK Socialist Workers Party SWP associated with the party s response to an allegation of rape against a leading member of the party known as Comrade Delta and with the demand for changes to the existing form of the system of democratic centralism within the SWP he wrote a defence of Leninism and democratic centralism Callinicos disagreed with those who argued for the need to change the existing system 4 He called the allegation of rape a difficult disciplinary case 4 a comment for which socialist feminist Laurie Penny thought he mistook a plea for some basic respect for women s sexual autonomy as an attempt to undermine the revolution from within 5 Callinicos also took a prominent position on another issue which had divided the Socialist Workers Party SWP the use of the Internet in disagreements about confidential party issues He complained about the dark side of the Internet in which individuals have used blogs and social media to launch a campaign within the SWP 4 In order to disentangle a conference organised by the Historical Materialism journal in Delhi during 2013 from the SWP crisis his invitation to the conference was withdrawn in March 2013 6 Works EditBooks pamphlets Edit 1976 Althusser s Marxism London Pluto Press ISBN 0 904383 02 4 1977 Southern Africa after Soweto with John Rogers London Pluto Press ISBN 0 904383 42 3 1981 Southern Africa after Zimbabwe London Pluto ISBN 0 86104 336 7 1982 Is there a future for Marxism London Macmillan ISBN 0 333 28477 1 1983 Marxism and Philosophy Oxford Clarendon ISBN 0 19 876126 0 1983 The revolutionary ideas of Karl Marx London Bookmarks ISBN 0 906224 09 8 1983 The Revolutionary Road to Socialism London Socialist Workers Party ISBN 0 905998 53 7 1985 South Africa the Road to Revolution Toronto International Socialists ISBN 0 905998 55 3 1985 The Great Strike the miners strike of 1984 5 and its lessons with Mike Simons London Socialist Worker ISBN 0 905998 50 2 1987 The Changing Working Class Essays on Class Structure Today with Chris Harman London Bookmarks ISBN 0 906224 40 3 1988 South Africa Between Reform and Revolution London Bookmarks ISBN 0 906224 46 2 1988 Making History Agency Structure and Change in Social Theory Ithaca N Y Cornell University Press ISBN 0 8014 2121 7 1989 Marxist Theory editor Oxford Oxford University Press ISBN 0 19 827294 4 1990 Trotskyism Minneapolis University of Minnesota Press ISBN 0 8166 1904 2 1991 The Revenge of History Marxism and the East European Revolutions ISBN 0 271 00767 2 1991 Against Postmodernism a Marxist critique Cambridge Polity Press ISBN 0 312 04224 8 1992 Between Apartheid and Capitalism conversations with South African socialists editor London Bookmarks ISBN 0 906224 68 3 1994 Marxism and the New Imperialism London Chicago Ill Bookmarks ISBN 0 906224 81 0 1995 Theories and Narratives Cambridge Polity Press ISBN 0 7456 1201 6 1995 Race and Class London Bookmark Publications ISBN 0 906224 83 7 1995 Socialists in the trade unions London Bookmarks ISBN 1 898876 01 0 1996 New Labour or socialism London Bookmarks ISBN 1898877076 1999 Social Theory Historical Introduction New York New York University Press ISBN 0 8147 1593 1 2000 Equality Themes for the 21st Century Cambridge Polity Press ISBN 0 7456 2324 7 2002 Against the Third Way Cambridge Polity Press ISBN 0 7456 2674 2 2003 An anti Capitalist manifesto Cambridge Polity Press ISBN 0 7456 2903 2 2003 New Mandarins of American Power the Bush administration s plans for the world Cambridge Polity Press ISBN 0 7456 3274 2 2006 Universities in a Neoliberal World London Bookmarks ISBN 1898877467 2006 The Resources of Critique Cambridge Polity ISBN 0 7456 3160 6 2009 Imperialism and Global Political Economy Cambridge Polity ISBN 0 7456 4045 1 2010 Bonfire of Illusions The Twin Crises of the Liberal World Polity ISBN 0 7456 4876 2 2012 The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx Haymarket ISBN 978 1 6084 6138 7 2014 Deciphering Capital Marx s Capital and its destiny London Bookmarks Articles Edit Trotsky s Theory of Permanent Revolution 1982 The New Middle Class and socialists 1983 Bourgeois Revolutions and Historical Materialism 1989 Marxism and Imperialism Today 1991 Race and Class 1992 Wonders Taken for Signs Homi Bhabha s Postcolonialism In Post Ality Marxism and Postmodernism Edited by Mas ud Zavarzadeh Teresa Ebert and Donald Morton Washington DC Maisonneuve Press 1995 The Anti Capitalist Movement And The Revolutionary Left 2001 Plumbing the depths Marxism and the Holocaust 2001 The grand strategy of the American Empire 2002 Imperialism and Global Political Economy International Socialism 108 Autumn 2005 Interview with Alex Callinicos The Imperial Assault on the Middle East 2006 Does capitalism need the state system Cambridge Review of International Affairs 20 4 2007 pp 533 549 Where is the radical left going International Socialism 120 Autumn 2008 The Limits of Passive Revolution Capital amp Class vol 34 no 3 pp 491 507 2010 The internationalist case against the European Union International Socialism 148 2015 Brexit a world historic turn International Socialism 151 2016 The orphaned revolution The meaning of October 1917 International Socialism 156 2017 Chris Harman and the critique of political economy International Socialism 165 2020 References Edit a b The Peerage com Callinicos Alex 16 December 2011 Christopher Hitchens 1949 2011 Socialist Worker No 2283 Retrieved 23 September 2016 J Bidet and E Kouvelakis eds Dictionnaire Marx Contemporain Paris Presses Universitaires de France 2001 a b c Alex Callinicos Is Leninism finished Socialist Review February 2013 posted on 28 January 2013 Laurie Penny The SWP and rape why I care about this Marxist Leninist implosion The Guardian 12 March 2013 Hugh Muir Diary A message to the SWP from Delhi stay away The Guardian 27 March 2013 External links EditAlex Callinicos Internet Archive Callinicos lecture on Imperialism and the Global Political Economy UK 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alex Callinicos amp oldid 1145126840, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
