Nicos Poulantzas
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Nicos Poulantzas was a Greek Marxist theorist whose work focused on the state, political power, and class structure. Influenced by various intellectual traditions, he developed a structuralist theory of the capitalist state, later evolving to a strategic-relational approach. Poulantzas engaged with politics through Eurocommunism, leaving a lasting impact on Marxist political theory before his untimely…
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Structural Marxism emerged in the 1960s, critiquing Stalinist economism and humanist Marxism through thinkers like Althusser and Poulantzas, who emphasized social structures’ supremacy over individual agency. Their theories on ideology, state, and class struggle remain relevant today, informing analyses of modern capitalism and emphasizing the significance of ideological apparatuses and class relations.
Letters from Tomis 