The historiography of communism / Michael E. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Michael E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism--History.

Communism.

Communism--Historiography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this fresh appraisal of communism and anti-communism, with an emphasis on the American case, respected scholar Michael E. Brown examines the methods, controversies and difficulties involved in writing the history of communism. Arguing that one important way of understanding communism-other than as a concrete political or ideological force-is as an expression of an essentially reflexive aspect of society that typically manifests itself in social movements. In this regard, Brown understands the history of communism as part of the history of society. Examining works by E. P. Thompson, Kar

Contents:

Introduction: Communism, society, and history

History and history's problem

Issues in the historiography of communism, part one : identifying the problem

Issues in the historiography of communism, part two : some principles of critical analysis

Ideology and the metaphysics of content

"Society against the state" : the fullness of the primitive

Left futures (with Randy Martin)

Rethinking the crisis of socialism (with Randy Martin).

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-241) and index.

ISBN:

9786611973360

9781281973368

128197336X

9781592139231

159213923X

OCLC:

476233550