Marxist History-Writing for the Twenty-First Century

Klappentext Eight prominent historians and social scientists give their perspectives on the fate of Marxist approaches to history and the direction of the discipline in coming decades. The volume offers rigorous and approachable analysis from several political and intellectual positions and will be an important contribution to current historical debates. Zusammenfassung Eight prominent historians and social scientists give their perspectives on the fate of Marxist approaches to history and the direction of the discipline in coming decades. The volume offers rigorous and approachable analysis from several political and intellectual positions and will be an important contribution to current historical debates. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Marx's 'Critique of Political Economy':a theory of history of a theory of Communism The Marxist Historiography of the Ancient World Memories of Underdevelopment: What has Marxism done for medieval history, and what can it still do? Property and Progress: Where Adam Smith went wrong Marxism and its Others Revolution and its vicissitudes: Marxist History and the twentieth century Marxist Historiography Today

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• Authors: Chris Wickham, Chris (Chichele Professor of Medieval His Wickham
• Assisted by: Chris Wickham (Editor), Chris (Chichele Professor of Medieval History Wickham (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 28.06.2007
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9780197264034
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726403-4
• Pages: 196
• Series: British Academy Occasional Papers > 09; British Academy Occasional Pap > 9; British Academy Original Paperbacks; British Academy Occasional Papers > 9; British Academy Occasional Pap > 9
• Subjects: HISTORY / Historiography; Historiography; Far-left political ideologies and movements; Marxism & Communism