Ellen Meiksins Wood argues that with the collapse of Communism the
theoretical project of Marxism and its critique of capitalism is more
timely and important than ever. Current intellectual fashions of the
left which emphasise 'post-modern' fragmentation, 'difference',
contingency and the 'politics of identity' can barely accommodate the
idea of capitalism, let alone subject the capitalist system to
critique. In this book she sets out to renew the critical programme of
historical materialism by redefining its basic concepts and its theory
of history in original and imaginative ways, using them to identify
the specificity of capitalism as a system of social relations and
political power. She goes on to explore the concept of democracy in
both the ancient and modern world, examining the concept's relation to
capitalism, and raising questions about how democracy might go beyond
the limits imposed on it by capitalism.
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ISBN
9780511886225
Publisert
2020
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Cambridge University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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