Marx's Theory of History

The Contemporary Debate

Paul Wetherly (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

250 Seiten

1992
Avebury (Verlag)
978-1-85628-157-7 (ISBN)

Infos

In recent years there has been a renewed interest in Marx's theory and this text is intended as an accessible guide and contribution to this debate. It presents research findings together with summaries of alternative approaches to the interpretation of historical materialism.

Inhalt

Part 1 Historical materialism - the terms of debate; pre-history; the debate before Cohen; an analytical outline of historical materialism. Part 2 Method: philosophical foundations for functional sociology; mechanisms, methodological individualism and Marxism - a response to Elster; a refutation of historical materialism? Part 3 History and the State: Marx, Cohen and Brenner - functional explanation versus rational choice in the transition from feudalism to capitalism; the factory acts - class struggle and functional requirement in the explanation of legislative intervention; functional explanation and the state. Part 4 Morals: bread and butter ethics.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.3.1992
• Reihe/Serie: Avebury Series in Philosophy
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 223 x 157 mm
• Gewicht: 450 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• ISBN-10: 1-85628-157-4 / 1856281574
• ISBN-13: 978-1-85628-157-7 / 9781856281577
• Zustand: Neuware