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Reviews the book "Karl Marx: The Burden of Reason (Why Marx Rejected Politics and the Market)," by Allan Megill.

This article comments on several articles about the phenomena of war and peace in relation to sociology. Several authors recognize the threat posed to Marxism by the phenomenon of war. Weaker sociologists will take refuge in useful phrases, such as relative autonomy, uneven development and determination in the last instance. One of the legacies of Marxism is the division between base and superstructure, and its idea that political decisions are the effects, but not the causes of economic change. Class analysis comes to the fore only in two papers, one by John Mattausch, the other by Graham Day. Mattauch's unconcealed nostalgia for mass working class support sits unhappily with the fact that the majority of activists are state class radicals. Other papers are more interested in peace movements than in peace. They make no reference to the actual effect of such movements, for example, in contributing to the pre-war strategy of Adolph Hitler. Only one paper offers a definition of war. This occurs as a prelude to David Riches' discussion of the peaceful Eskimos. War, according to Riches, is the authorized employment of physical force against other persons, as means by which groups competing for control of public resources and benefits attempt to influence the outcome of the competition in their favor.

The article reviews the book "The Greening of Marxism," edited by Ted Benton.

Reviews the book "Marxism and the Metropolis. New Perspectives in Urban Political Economy," edited by W.K. Tabb and L. Sawers.

Presents the 'La profezia psichica,' by A. Carotenuto published in the 1978 issue of the journal 'Giornale Storico di Psicologia Dinamica.'

The article reviews the book "Life in a Muslim Uzbek Village: Cotton Farming After Communism," by Russell Zanca.

The article reviews the book "China and Postsocialist Anthropology: Theorizing Power and Society After Communism," by Andrew Kipnis.

Reviews the book 'Government: Servant or Master,' edited by Gerard Radnitzky and Hardy Bouillon.

Reviews the book "Marxism and Philosophy in the Twentieth Century: A Defense of Vulgar Marxism," by Richard Hudelson.

Reviews the book 'Marxism and the City,' by Ira Katznelson.

Reviews the book "Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture," edited by Cary Nelson and Lawrence Grossberg.

Reviews the book "The Poverty of Communism," by Nick Eberstadt.

Reviews the book "The Organizational Weapon: A Study of Bolshevik Strategy and Tactics," by Philip Selznick.

Reviews the book " Le régime et les institutions de la république populaire chinoise."

Book Reviewed: C.M. Coughenour, and S. Chamala, Conservation tillage and cropping innovation . R. Pistorius, and J. van Wijk, The exploitation of plant genetic material . T. Haartsen, et al., Claiming rural identities . N. Walford, et al., Reshaping the countryside . C. Kasimis, and A. Papadopoulos, Local responses to global integration . A. Arce, and N. Long, Anthropology, development and modernities . N. Long, Development sociology. Actor perspectives . N. Rapport, and A. Dawson, Migrants of identity . F.W. Young, Small towns in multilevel society . A.D. Sheingate, The rise of the agricultural welfare state . M. Miele, Creating sustainability . K. de Roest, The production of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese . H. Emel, Rural property and economy in post-communist Albania . P. Starosta, et al., Rural societies under communism and beyond . B. von Hoven-Ignaski, Made in the gdr . M.D. García Ramón, and M. Baylina Ferré, El nuevo papel de las mujeres en el desarrollo rural . M.W Gray, Productive men, reproductive women . W. Stephens, Civility in an English village . R. Almås, Rural development - a Norwegian perspective . D. Moon, The Russian peasantry 1600-1930 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book "History, Economic History and the Future of Marxism: Essays in Memory of Tom Kemp (1921-1993)," edited by Terry Brotherstone and Geoff Pilling.

Reviews several books on Marxism. "Marx's Fate: The Shape of a Life," by Jerrold Seigel; "The Structure of Marx's World-View," by John McMurtry; "Marx's Theory of Politics," by John M. Maguire; "Marx's Theory of History," by William H. Shaw.

The article reviews the book "Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place," by John R. Logan and Harvey L. Molotch.

Reviews the book "Main Currents of Marxism. Its Rise, Growth and Dissolution," by L. Kolakowski and translated by P.S. Falla.

Reviews the book "Marxism and the City," by Ira Katznelson.

Reviews the book "Little Moscows. Communism and Working-Class Militancy in Interwar Britain," by S. Macintyre.

Reviews the book "Recapturing Marxism: An Appraisal of Recent Trends in Sociological Theory," edited by Rhonda F. Levine and Jerry Lembcke.

Reviews the book "Two Generations of Soviet Man," by John Kosa.

The article reviews the book "Century of Horrors: Communism, Nazism, and the Uniqueness of the Shoah," by Alain Besancon.

Reviews the books "Satre and Marxism," by Pietro Chiodi and "Existential Marxism in Postwar France from Sartre to Althusser," by Mark Poster.

Reviews the book "Highway and Byways: Studies on Reform and Post-Communist Transition," by J. Kornai.

Reviews the book "A Proletarian Science: Marxism in Britain, 1917-1933," by Stuart Macintyre.

Reviews the book "Churchills privater Krieg: Intervention and Konterrevolution im Russischen Bürgerkrieg, 1918-1920," by Alex P. Schmid.

Reviews the book "The Revolutionary Left in Spain, 1914-1923," by Gerald H. Meaker.

Reviews the book "Communist Power in Europe 1944-1949," edited by Martin McCauley.

Reviews the book "Revolt in Athens: The Greek Communist Second Round 1944-45," by John Iatrides.