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Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence

By G. A. Cohen

Book information

Year
2000
ISBN
0691070687, 9780691070681
Open Library ID
OL13572534M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13264394 bytes)
Edition
Expanded
Pages
430\470
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

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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