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A sweeping and nuanced materialist history of Western political thought

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A survey of influential trends in contemporary Marxist theory which examines the relationship between class, politics and ideology. The introduction discusses the relevance of the text in a post-Soviet world and argues for a re-examination of class politics.

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Covering Wood's scholarship in various fields, this reader serves as an introduction to one of the most important contemporary Marxists.

A magnificent recasting of historical materialism which highlights capitalism's intrinsically antagonistic relationship to democracy

A groundbreaking new perspective on the history of Western political thought.

A social history of western political thought from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.

Without parallel in sophistication of coverage for readers curious about labor, Rising from the Ashes? provides sharp analysis of the hottest issues being debated by labor scholars and activists. Topics covered include the changing composition of the international working class, patterns of work under contemporary capitalism, the relationship of race and gender to class, the promise and limitations of recent eruptions of labor militancy, and t...

What is postmodernism? What are the reasons for its attractiveness? In Defense of History is a compelling challenge to postmodern fashion, written by new intellectuals on the left who are reviving historical materialism as an alternative.

Why Britain was capitalist but not bourgeois

Wenige Fragen der Geschichte haben so viele aktuelle politische Implikationen wie die scheinbar so einfache: Wie ist der Kapitalismus entstanden? In dieser erhellenden Arbeit widerlegt Ellen Meiksins Wood die meisten vorhandenen Darstellungen u¿ber den Ursprung des Kapitalismus, denen es nicht gelingt, die spezifischen Eigenschaften des Kapitalismus als Gesellschaftssystem zu erkennen, und die ihn stattdessen als Höhepunkt einer natu¿rlichen ...

What does imperialism mean in the absence of colonial conquest and imperial rule?

In this work, the author reminds us that capitalism is not a natural and inevitable consequence of human nature, nor is it simply an extension of age-old practices of trade and commerce. Rather, it is a product of very specific historical conditions.

Without parallel in sophistication of coverage for readers curious about labor, Rising from the Ashes? provides sharp analysis of the hottest issues being debated by labor scholars and activists.Topics covered include the changing composition of the international working class, patterns of work under contemporary capitalism, the relationship of race and gender to class, the promise and limitations of recent eruptions of labor militancy, and th...

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Putting the peasant-citizen at the heart of ancient Athenian society

Deals with capitalism. Weaving together economic and political history with the history of ideas, this book ranges across a broad spectrum of debates, from the 'Nairn-Anderson theses' to the contribution of J C D Clark and Alan Macfarlane, and over a wide variety of topics.