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Democracy against Capitalism: Renewing Historical Materialism

By Ellen Meiksins Wood

Book information

Year
1995
ISBN
052147096X, 9780521470964, 0521476828, 9780521476829, 9780511558344
Open Library ID
OL864040M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5552519 bytes)
Pages
312\312
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Ellen Meiksins Wood argues that with the collapse of Communism the theoretical project of Marxism and its critique of capitalism is more timely and important than ever. In this book she sets out to renew the critical program of historical materialism by redefining its basic concepts and its theory of history in original and imaginative ways, using them to identify the specificity of capitalism as a system of social relations and political power. She goes on to explore the concept of democracy in both the ancient and modern world, examining the concept's relation to capitalism.

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