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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454920403321

Autore

Hirst Paul Q

Titolo

Marxism and historical writing [[electronic resource] /] / Paul Q. Hirst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon, : Routledge, 2010

ISBN

1-136-99908-6

1-282-97405-X

9786612974052

0-203-85565-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (136 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Disciplina

907.2

Soggetti

Historiography

Historical materialism

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.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title01; Copyright01; Title02; Copyright02; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Anderson's Balance Sheet; Chapter 2 G.A.Cohen's Theory of History; Chapter 3 Collingwood, Relativism and the Purposes of History; Chapter 4 The Necessity of Theory-A Critique of E.P.Thompson's The Poverty of Theory; Chapter 5 The Uniqueness of the West-Perry Anderson's Analysis of Absolutism and its Problems; Chapter 6 Interview with Local Consumption; Chapter 7 Labour's Crisis-Principles and Priorities for Social Reconstruction; Chapter 8 Obstacles in the Parliamentary Road; References

Sommario/riassunto

In this reissued collection of essays, first published in 1985, Paul Q. Hirst assesses the limits of the Marxist theory of history in its various versions. It begins with an extended critical discussion of Perry Anderson and Edward Thompson, and includes chapters on G.A Cohen's attempt to re-state the Marxist theory of history in terms compatible with analytic philosophy, on R.G. Collingwood's theory of history, on Anderson's work on Absolutism, on Thompson's Poverty of Theory, and on the contemporary politics of democratic socialism.