Holding fast to an image of the past : essays on Marxism and history / Neil Davidson ; cover design by Eric Kerl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davidson, Neil, 1957-2020, author.

Contributor:

Kerl, Eric, cover designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socialism.

Marxian school of sociology.

Historical materialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (441 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Davidson discusses how Marxism can retain a sense of historical tradition without becoming fossilized.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Tom Nairn and the Inevitability of Nationalism; Chapter 2: Marx and Engels on the Scottish Highlands; Chapter 3: The Prophet, His Biographer, and the Watchtower; Chapter 4: There's No Place Like the United States Today; Chapter 5: Carnival, March, Riot; Chapter 6: Alasdair MacIntyre as a Marxist; Chapter 7: Reimagined Communities; Chapter 8: Walter Benjamin and the Classical Marxist Tradition; Chapter 9: Shock and Awe; Chapter 10: Antonio Gramsci's Reception in Scotland; Chapter 11: Women and the Lost World of Scottish Communism

Chapter 12: Eric Hobsbawm's Unanswered QuestionChapter 13: The Posthumous Adventures of Adam Smith; Notes; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 8, 2014).

ISBN:

9781608463558

1608463559

OCLC:

879022463