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Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence

By G. A. Cohen

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9780691213002
DOI
10.1515/9780691213002
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
27 MB (28011064 bytes)
Pages
450\472
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-25 21:08:07

Description

First published in 1978, this book rapidly established itself as a classic of modern Marxism. Cohen's masterful application of advanced philosophical techniques in an uncompromising defense of historical materialism commanded widespread admiration. In the ensuing twenty years, the book has served as a flagship of a powerful intellectual movement--analytical Marxism. In this expanded edition, Cohen offers his own account of the history, and the further promise, of analytical Marxism. He also expresses reservations about traditional historical materialism, in the light of which he reconstructs the theory, and he studies the implications for historical materialism of the demise of the Soviet Union.

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