Paul Mattick Jr. (born 1944) is the son of German emigres Paul Mattick Sr. (1904–1981) and Ilse (Hamm) Mattick (1919–2009). He was involved in the

council communist Council communism or councilism is a current of communist thought that emerged in the 1920s. Inspired by the November Revolution, council communism was opposed to state socialism and advocated workers' councils and council democracy. Co ...

group ''Root and Branch'', which sporadically published a magazine/pamphlet series, starting in 1969. Other members included

Jeremy Brecher Jeremy Brecher is a historian, documentary filmmaker, activist, and author of books on labor and social movements. Career Labor History In 1969, Brecher and other collaborators including Paul Mattick, Jr., Stanley Aronowitz, and Peter Rac ...

, Alice Comack, Martin Comack, Frieda Cyker, Peter St Clair, Elizabeth Long, William Russell, Elizabeth Jones, George Scialabba, and Peter Rachleff. The group also sponsored public meetings; speakers included Ralph Miliband, Christian Wolff, Cornelius Castoriadis, Richard Lewontin, Frank Marquart, Paul Mattick, and others. Mattick obtained his

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in philosophy from

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in 1981, and taught philosophy at the New England Conservatory of Music, Bennington College, and Adelphi University. He was the editor of the ''International Journal of Political Economy'', and is the author of ''Social Knowledge: An Essay on the Nature and Limits of Social Science'' (1986, 2d ed. 2020), ''Art in Its Time: Theories and Practices of Modern Aesthetics'' (2003), ''Business as Usual: The Economic Crisis and the Failure of Capitalism'' (2011), and ''Theory as Critique: Essays on'' Capital (2018). He has been the Field Notes (politics) editor of the ''Brooklyn Rail'' (www.brooklynrail.org) since 2014.

Bibliography

*''The Return of Inflation: Money and Capital in the 21st Century'' (Reaktion Books, 2023)

References

External links

Adelphi University: Faculty & Staff

In Conversation: The Economic Crisis in Fact and Fiction: Paul Mattick with John Clegg and Aaron Benanav, ''The Brooklyn Rail''
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