Considering the history of workers' and socialist movements in Europe, Frontier Socialismfocuses on unconventional forms of anti-capitalist thought, particularly by examining several militant-intellectuals whose legacy is of particular interest for those aiming for a radical critique of capitalism. Following on the work of Michael Löwy, Quirico & Ragona identify relationships of "elective affinity" between figures who might appear different and dissimilar, at least at first glance: the German Anarchist Gustav Landauer, the Bolshevik Alexandra Kollontai, the German communist Paul Mattick, the Italian Socialist Raniero Panzieri, the Greek-born French euro-communist Nikos Poulantzas, the German-born Swedish Social Democrat Rudolf Meidner, and the French social scientist Alain Bihr as well as two historical struggle experiences, the Spanish Republic and the Italian revolutionary group "Lotta continua". Frontier Socialism then analyzes these thinkers' and experiences' respective paths to socialism based on and achieved through self-organization and self-government, not to build a new tradition but to suggest a path forward for both research and political activism. Monica Quirico is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Institute of Contemporary History at Södertörn University, Sweden. Gianfranco Ragona is Associate Professor in the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society at the University of Turin, Italy.

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Monica Quirico is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Institute of Contemporary History at Södertörn University, Sweden.
****Gianfranco Ragona is Associate Professor in the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society at the University of Turin, Italy.

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Considering the history of workers' and socialist movements in Europe, Frontier Socialismfocuses on unconventional forms of anti-capitalist thought, particularly by examining several militant-intellectuals whose legacy is of particular interest for those aiming for a radical critique of capitalism. Following on the work of Michael Löwy, Quirico & Ragona identify relationships of elective affinity between figures who might appear different and dissimilar, at least at first glance: the German Anarchist Gustav Landauer, the Bolshevik Alexandra Kollontai, the German communist Paul Mattick, the Italian Socialist Raniero Panzieri, the Greek-born French euro-communist Nikos Poulantzas, the German-born Swedish Social Democrat Rudolf Meidner, and the French social scientist Alain Bihr as well as two historical struggle experiences, the Spanish Republic and the Italian revolutionary group Lotta continua. Frontier Socialism then analyzes these thinkers' and experiences' respective paths to socialism based on and achieved through self-organization and self-government, not to build a new tradition but to suggest a path forward for both research and political activism.

Monica Quirico is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Institute of Contemporary History at Södertörn University, Sweden.**
****Gianfranco Ragona **is Associate Professor in the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society at the University of Turin, Italy.

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Considering the history of workers' and socialist movements in Europe, Frontier Socialism focuses on unconventional forms of anti-capitalist thought, particularly by examining several militant-intellectuals whose legacy is of particular interest for those aiming for a radical critique of capitalism. Following on the work of Michael Löwy, Quirico & Ragona identify relationships of elective affinity between figures who might appear different and dissimilar, at least at first glance: the German Anarchist Gustav Landauer, the Bolshevik Alexandra Kollontai, the German communist Paul Mattick, the Italian Socialist Raniero Panzieri, the Greek-born French euro-communist Nikos Poulantzas, the German-born Swedish Social Democrat Rudolf Meidner, and the French social scientist Alain Bihr as well as two historical struggle experiences, the Spanish Republic and the Italian revolutionary group Lotta continua. Frontier Socialism then analyzes these thinkers' and experiences' respective paths to socialism based on and achieved through self-organization and self-government, not to build a new tradition but to suggest a path forward for both research and political activism.

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Introduction
Chapter I. Revolution is not what is supposed to be by revolutionaries. Gustav Landauer (1870-1919)1.Bio-bibliographical account2.Cooperative self-organization3.The State as a social relation4.Critique of Marxism5.Analysis of Capitalism6.RevolutionBibliography
Chapter II. Class struggle and women liberation. Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952)1.Bio-bibliographical account2.Marxism, Class Initiative and Gender Autonomy3.A Difficult transition to Socialism, between capitalistic legacies and bureaucratization4.Class self-determination: the role of the party and of the trade union5.A difficult balance between workers' democracy and leading role of the partyBibliography
*Interlude. Resistance or Revolution? The Spanish Civil War
Chapter III. Self-government and Communism. Paul Mattick (1904-1981)1.Bio-bibliographical account2.Marx and his epigones3.Mixed economy and State capitalism4.Against Bolshevism and for a workers' democracyBibliography
Chapter IV. Workers struggles in the Neocapitalistic Age. Raniero Panzieri (1921-1964)**1.Bio-bibliographical account2.Marx and Marxism3.Monopoly Capitalism: Factory and Society4.Workers' controlBibliography
Interlude. Between Social Movement and Revolutionary Party: Lotta continua*
Chapter V. A revolutionary reformism: Rudolf Meidner (1914-2005)1.Bio-bibliographical account2.Meidner and Marxism3.Beyond Private Property4.The confrontation on the wage earners funds and their neutralizationBibliography
Chapter VI. A Communist Theory of Politics: Nicos Poulantzas (1936-1979)1.Bio-bibliographical account2.Poulantzas' understanding of Marxism3.Economic and political crisis in the age of monopoly capitalism4.Conquest of the State and direct democracyBibliography
Chapter VII. Into the crisis1.A homogeneous political orientation?2.The Chilean Laboratory3.The legacy of 684.The defeat of Keynes, namely world's hayekization Bibliography
Conclusions. Attempts1.In the rubble: Alain Bihr's road to renewal2.The movements' movement3.A new historical project4.Between Class and Gender5.A new Hope?Bibliography
Index of Names