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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453983303321

Autore

Brown Michael E

Titolo

The historiography of communism [[electronic resource] /] / Michael E. Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2009

ISBN

9786611973360

1-281-97336-X

1-59213-923-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Disciplina

355.4072/2

Soggetti

Communism - History

Communism - Historiography

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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).

Sommario/riassunto

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