State and political form - by Alysson Leandro Mascaro

State and political form, by jurist and legal philosopher Alysson Leandro Mascaro, modifies the study of State theory and political science. The opinion is that of Slavoj Žižek, invited to write the fourth cover text, and who was surprised by what he considers to be 'simply the most important work of Marxist political thought in recent decades'.Mascaro, professor at the University of São Paulo and the Mackenzie breaks with the views that dominate reading about the State and politics today and establishes an original field of scientific analysis. He supports his analysis of the State in the fundamental categories of capitalist reproduction, such as merchandise. 'Marx said that the secret of the commodity lies not in some content hidden beneath its form, but in its very form...