Reflections On The Marxist Theory Of History

Author : Paul Blackledge
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 232 pages
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Release : 2013-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781847791344

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Reflections on the Marxist theory of history by Paul Blackledge Pdf

A decade after Francis Fukuyama announced the ‘End of History’, anti-capitalist demonstrators at Seattle and elsewhere have helped reinvigorate the Left with the reply ‘another world is possible’. More than anyone else it was Marx who showed that slogans such as this were no utopian fantasies, and that capitalism was just as much a historical mode of production, no more natural and certainly no less contradictory, than were the feudal and slave modes which proceeded it. Paul Blackledge opens this study with a defence of the Marxist approach to the study of history against what he argues as being the naive empiricism of traditional historians and the relativism of the postmodernists. He moves on to outline Marx and Engels analyses of concrete historical processes and their critiques of the alternative historiographic methodologies of their contemporaries. He then discusses neglected historical works produced by Marxists in the half-century or so after Marx and Engels’ deaths. Two central chapters survey recent Marxist debates on, first, the nature of modes of productions, including slave, feudal and tributary systems, and the revolutionary transitions between them; and, second, the methodological debate over the issue of structure and agency in the movement of history. Finally, he shows the political relevance of these debates through a concluding survey of competing Marxist attempts to periodise the present, postmodern, conjuncture. This book should be read by historians, students of cultural, social and political theory and anti-capitalist activists.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004457355

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Marxism and Communism by Anonim Pdf

Author : Eric Hobsbawm
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300176162

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How to Change the World by Eric Hobsbawm Pdf

A penetrating reassessment of Marxist thought and its relevance today, by a world-renowned historian of Marxism

Author : Matt Perry
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030695118

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Marxism and History by Matt Perry Pdf

This textbook examines Marxism’s enormous impact on the way historians approach their subject. Tackling current historiographical questions in an accessible way, the author offers a clear introduction to Marxist views of history, key Marxist historians and thinkers, and the relevance of Marxist theory and history to students’ own work. This is a concise, thorough overview of an important area of historiography. The second edition incorporates significant new developments in research, including Marxist contributions to the emergence of global, maritime and transnational history; the discovery of Marx’s ecologism and the historical critique of fossil capitalism as a source of environmental disaster; a reassessment of gender oppression through social reproduction theory; and the contribution of Marxism to debates on race, Eurocentrism and whiteness.

Author : Doug Lorimer
Publisher : Aakar Books
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Communism and society
ISBN : 8187879890

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Fundamentals of Historical Materialism; The Marxist View of History and Politics by Doug Lorimer Pdf

Mainstream Social Science Fragments The Study Of Society Into A Number Of Unconnected Disciplines Such As Archaeology, Social Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, History, None Of Which Is Concerned With Actually Uncovering The Fundamental Laws Which Govern The Origin, Development And Organisation Of Society.Marxism, However, Is Concerned With The Big Picture. Furthermore, It Regards History And Society As The Product Of Collective Human Action Which Can Therefore Be Changed By The Struggle Of The Working People. But In Order To Do This, We Need A Scientific Understanding Of The Laws That Govern And Shape Social Life. That Is What Historical Materialism Provides.This Book Is A Comprehensive Introduction To The Marxist Theory Of History And Politics.

Author : S. H. Rigby
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0719056128

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Marxism and History by S. H. Rigby Pdf

Marx's theory of history is often regarded as the most enduring and fruitful aspect of his intellectual legacy. His "historical materialism" has been the inspiration for some of the best historical writing in the works of scholars such as Eric Hobsbawm, E.P.Thompson, Rodney Hilton and Robert Brenner. S.H. Rigby establishes Marx's claims about social structure and historical change, discusses their use in his own and his followers' writings, and assesses the validity of his theories. He argues that Marx's social theories were profoundly contradictory and that Marxism has proved most useful when it is seen as a source of questions, concepts and hypotheses rather than as a philosophy of historical development.

Author : A. James Gregor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351506700

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Marxism, China, and Development by A. James Gregor Pdf

China has always been something of a mystery to Westerners. For one genera-tion, Mao Zedong and his followers were simple "agrarian reformers," while for another they were the "communist emperor and his blue ants." In the 1970s, some of the finest Sinologists believed there was much the United States could learn from Mao's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution with regard to bureaucracy, criminal justice, health care, and mass education. By the 1980s, those same theo-rists asserted that Maoism was nothing more than a feudal fascism and had abso-lutely nothing positive to teach. Marxism, China, and Development provides a plausible explanation of these developments that have had such a powerful effect on the people of China for the past half century.The author describes and explains the strange collection of beliefs that made up the Marxism of Mao Zedong. He seeks to understand why the communist leader-ship of China, like that of the USSR, tried to spur economic growth by abandoning the market modalities common to developed economies. A. James Gregor's con-ceptual framework is both original, and makes more comprehensible the history of Marxism and the history of China. Among the major topics he covers are imperi-alism, political democracy, economics, and alternatives to Maoism and Marxism for China.While it is unlikely that our understanding of so complex a series of events as modern Chinese history will soon become less controversial, Marxism, China, and Development's clear, concise explanations will clarify some perplexing areas, and make the new turns in Chinese political economy more understandable. This is a monumental effort at theory construction that will be of interest to political scien-tists, economists, sociologists, and Sinologists.

Author : Nicholas Lash
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015004770007

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A Matter of Hope by Nicholas Lash Pdf

Author : Marcus Roberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015038592625

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Analytical Marxism by Marcus Roberts Pdf

A beautifully written exploration of identity and memory in a journey through Ireland. Enriched by cross-cultural comparisons with the history of the American West, A BOOK OF MIGRATIONS carves a new route through Ireland's history, literature and landscape. Rich with historical reflections, the book combines the virtues of the finest travel writing with a critical acuity.

Author : Karl Marx
Publisher : Newcomb Livraria Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right by Karl Marx Pdf

A new 2023 translation of Marx's 1844 "Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechtsphilosophie" from the original manuscript. This edition includes a new introduction by the translator and reference materials including a Glossary of Philosophic and Economic Marxist Terminology, an Index of Personalities Associated with Marx and a Timeline of Marx’s Life and Works. This is Volume III in The Complete Works of Karl Marx by NL Press. In "Towards the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right" Marx's argument is that Hegel's political philosophy is an abstraction that fails to take into account the concrete reality of human existence and the class struggles that shape it. He contends that in order to understand the state, civil society, and the concept of alienation, one must take into account the economic relations that underlie it and the material conditions of society. The central argument of Marx's critique is that the state is not a neutral arbiter of justice, but is rather an instrument of class warefare and exploitation. This is a mimicry of Feuerbach’s argument nearly word-for-word. Marx's critique serves to demonstrate the importance of a historical and materialist perspective in understanding the nature of human freedom and morality. It serves as a precursor to his later theories of historical materialism and dialectical materialism, which continue to be influential in the modern world. Marx's critique in this work centers around the idea that Hegel's philosophy is an abstraction that fails to take into account the concrete reality of human existence and the class struggles that shape it.

Author : Erik Olin Wright,Andrew Levine,Elliott Sober
Publisher : Verso
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0860913422

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Reconstructing Marxism by Erik Olin Wright,Andrew Levine,Elliott Sober Pdf

Reconstructing Marxism explores fundamental questions about the structure of Marxist theory and its prospects for the future. The authors maintain that the disintegration of the old theoretical unity of classical Marxism is in part responsible for what is commonly called the "crisis of Marxism." Only a reconstructed Marxism can come to terms with this disintegration. Addressing a range of problems in historical materialism and class analysis, the authors compare historical materialism with Darwinian evolutionary theory, and identify what is distinctively "historical" in Marx's theory of history. Through an evaluation of G.A. Cohen's defense and Anthony Giddens's critique of historical materialism they suggest what a plausible, yet still Marxist. theory of history might be. They analyze the relationship of microanalysis to macro theory and the assignment of causal primacy in explanations, and present a general assessment of the current state of Marxist theory and the prospects for its analytical reconstruction. Distinguished by the clarity of its presentation, the analytical rigour of its argument and its concern with fundamental philosophical and sociological issues, Reconstructing Marxism advances, at this critical juncture in the history of Marxism, a challenging new research programme.

Author : Harry Harootunian
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231548779

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Uneven Moments by Harry Harootunian Pdf

Few scholars have done more than Harry Harootunian to shape the study of modern Japan. Incorporating Marxist critical perspectives on history and theoretically informed insights, his scholarship has been vitally important for the world of Asian studies. Uneven Moments presents a selection of Harootunian’s essays on Japan’s intellectual and cultural history from the late Tokugawa period to the present that span the many phases of his distinguished career and point to new directions for Japanese studies. Uneven Moments begins with reflections on area studies as an academic field and how we go about studying a region. It then moves into discussions of key topics in modern Japanese history. Harootunian considers Japan’s fateful encounter with capitalist modernity and the implications of uneven development, examining the combinations of older practices with new demands that characterized the twentieth century. The book examines the making of modern Japan, the transformations of everyday life, and the collision between the production of forms of cultural expression and new political possibilities. Finally, Harootunian analyzes Japanese political identity and its forms of reckoning with the past. Exploring the shifting relationship among culture, the making of meaning, and politics in rich reflections on Marxism and critical theory, Uneven Moments presents Harootunian’s intellectual trajectory and in so doing offers a unique assessment of Japanese history.

Author : Patrick Murray
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004326071

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The Mismeasure of Wealth by Patrick Murray Pdf

The Mismeasure of Wealth: Essays on Marx and Social Form gathers Patrick Murray’s essays reinterpreting Marx and Marxian theory published since his Marx’s Theory of Scientific Knowledge (1988), along with a previously unpublished essay and an introduction.

Author : Paul Blackledge
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438476896

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Friedrich Engels and Modern Social and Political Theory by Paul Blackledge Pdf

In this comprehensive overview of Friedrich Engels's writings, Paul Blackledge critically explores Engels's contributions to modern social and political theory generally and Marxism specifically. Through a careful examination both of Engels's role in the forging of Marxism in the 1840s, and his contributions to the further deepening and expansion of this worldview over the next half century, Blackledge offers a closely argued and balanced assessment of his thought. This book challenges the long-standing attempt among academic Marxologists to denigrate Engels as Marx's greatest mistake, and concludes that Engels was a profound thinker whose ideas continue to resonate to this day.

Author : Tony McKenna
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781789043587

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Toward Forever by Tony McKenna Pdf

Toward Forever: Radical Reflections on History and Art is a diverse, colourful and eclectic set of essays of historical and cultural analyses. From the genesis of Islam as a social movement, to an account of Goya's art in the context of feudal absolutism and the Napoleonic wars, to The Da Vinci Code, and much more besides. McKenna is a classical Marxist not shy of addressing popular culture, past and present, works often ignored by other Marxist critics increasingly confined to Academia and its high-brow concerns.