- by David Matters
- The Guardian
- Issue #2174
Marxism has a strong focus on local concrete conditions. It follows that there are many ways to apply the insights of Maxism to many different situations. While there is an understandable interest in Marxism Chinese style, the insights of Marxism are also being applied to the Cuban, Vietnamese, Korean, and Laotian contexts by governments, and to other countries by socialists around the world.
Students of economics would benefit from this book that applies Marxism in a comprehensive way in the dialogue between political economy and bourgeois economics.
Hiroshi uses game theory and applies it to problems associated with union organising and revolutionary struggle. It is a unique insight into the application of Marxism in the Japanese context.
The book considers historical materialism from different perspectives. As such it presents new challenges that can be used to extend the students understanding of the application of Marxist science.
Hiroshi is a Professor Emeritus at Keio University and Kyoto University in Japan, and Vice President of the World Association of Political Economy.
Those studying mathematics as a language of science will also find benefit from this book.
