Karl Marx's theory of history : a defence
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Karl Marx's theory of history : a defence
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 2000
Expanded ed
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First published: 1978
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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First published in 1978, this book rapidly established itself as a classic of modern Marxism. Cohen's masterful application of advanced philosophical techniques in an uncompromising defence of historical materialism commanded widespread admiration. In the ensuing twenty years, the book has served as a flagship of a powerful intellectual movement - analytical Marxism. In this expanded edition Cohen offers his own account of the history, and the further promise, of analytical Marxism. He also expresses reservations about traditional historical materialism, in the light of which he reconstructs the theory, and he studies the implications for historical materialism of the demise of the Soviet Union.
Table of Contents
- Preface to the 2000 Edition
- Images of History in Hegel and Marx
- The Constitution of he productive forces
- The Economic Structure
- Material and Social property of Society
- Fetishism
- The Primacy of the Productive Forces
- The productive Forces and Capitalism
- Base and Superstructure, Powers and Rights
- Functional Explanation: In general
- Functional Explanation: In Marxism
- Use-value, Exchange-value, and Contemporary Capitalism
- Fettering
- Restricted and Inclusive Historical materialism
- Marxism After the Collapse of the Soviet Union
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