02856nam 2200625Ia 450 991045492040332120200520144314.01-136-99908-61-282-97405-X97866129740520-203-85565-5(CKB)1000000000821553(EBL)460314(OCoLC)609845521(SSID)ssj0000362927(PQKBManifestationID)11274716(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000362927(PQKBWorkID)10386712(PQKB)10859713(MiAaPQ)EBC460314(Au-PeEL)EBL460314(CaPaEBR)ebr10361639(CaONFJC)MIL297405(EXLCZ)99100000000082155319840504d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMarxism and historical writing[electronic resource] /Paul Q. HirstAbingdon, Oxon Routledge20101 online resource (136 p.)Routledge revivalsDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-57317-3 0-415-57280-0 Includes bibliographical references.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; ReferencesIn 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.Routledge revivals.HistoriographyHistorical materialismElectronic books.Historiography.Historical materialism.907.2Hirst Paul Q159119MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454920403321Marxism and historical writing2174135UNINA