Karl Marx's theory of history : a defence / by G.A. Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, G. A. (Gerald Allan), 1941-2009.

Series:

Princeton paperbacks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.

Marx, Karl.

Historical materialism.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 442 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Edition:

Expanded edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2001.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Originally published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [425]-432) and indexes.

ISBN:

0691070687

OCLC:

46621917