In this reissued collection of essays, first published in 1985, Paul Q. Hirst assesses the limits of the Marxist theory of history in its various versions. It begins with an extended critical discussion of Perry Anderson and Edward Thompson, and includes chapters on G.A Cohen's attempt to re-state the Marxist theory of history in terms compatible with analytic philosophy, on R.G.
Collingwood's theory of history, on Anderson's work on Absolutism, on Thompson's Poverty of Theory, and on the contemporary politics of democratic socialism.
| ISBN: | 9780415573177 |
| Publication date: | 18th December 2009 |
| Author: | Paul Hirst |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 198 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Revivals |
| Genres: |
Historiography Far-left political ideologies and movements |
In this reissued collection of essays, first published in 1985, Paul Q. Hirst assesses the limits of the Marxist theory of history in its various versions.
Marxism and Historical Writing (Routledge Revivals) features in the following genres: Historiography, Far-left political ideologies and movements
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Marxism and Historical Writing (Routledge Revivals) was written by Paul Hirst and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Marxism and Historical Writing (Routledge Revivals) has 198 pages
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