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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806253903321

Autore

Davidson Neil <1957-2020, >

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Illinois : , : Haymarket Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-60846-355-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (441 p.)

Disciplina

335.43

Soggetti

Socialism

Marxian school of sociology

Historical materialism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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