S. H. Rigby

Marxism and History

A critical introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780719056123
• ISBN-10: 0719056128
• Artikelnr.: 21078165

Autorenporträt

S.H. Rigby is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Manchester

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Marx's ambiguous legacy Forces and relations of production
Marx's productive force determinism Productive force determinism as Marxist
orthodoxy. The origins of productive force determinism. Productive force
determinism: A critique and an alternative. Productive force determinism
and functional explanation. Productive force determinism: A critique.
Productive force determinism: An alternative. Base and superstructure:
Definition and determination. Modes of production: Variant forms of the
'base'. The political superstructure. The idealist superstructure.