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Heat And Light: A Critique of “Toward a Marxist State Theory of the Socialist Market Economy”

May 23, 2026

Ewan Tilley argues that Theryn Arnold's theory of "socialist state form" fails to answer core questions of class determination and therefore cannot provide adequate political answers for approaching the People's Republic of China today.

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A worker walks past molten steel at a steel factory in Huai'an, in China's eastern Jiangsu province, on July 22, 2025. (AFP/ China OUT via Getty Images)

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