Work, Sex and Power: The Forces that Shaped Our History - Couverture souple

Thompson, Willie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0745333400 ISBN 13 : 9780745333403

Editeur : Pluto Press, 2015

Synopsis

Determining the forces that have shaped our history is always a contentious matter. Seen through the work of authors from Jared Diamond to Eric Hobsbawm, people’s fascination with what drives the actions of the human race is inexhaustible. In Work, Sex and Power, Willie Thompson deploys decades of experience as a historian in order to re-establish a materialist narrative of the entire span of human history, drawing on a vast range of contemporary research. This book seeks to reach a much wider audience than his previous, more academic books. Purged of any jargon, this volume will be accessible to an audience who are relatively new to Marxism. It attempts to discuss and explain the foundations of social structures and themes that have recurred throughout the phases of global history in the interaction between humans and their environment. From communities of Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers to the machine-civilisation of recent centuries, Thompson takes us on a journey through the latest thinking in regard to long-term historical development.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Willie Thompson was Professor of Contemporary History at Glasgow Caledonian University. His books include Work, Sex and Power, Ideologies in the Age of Extremes and What Happened to History? He was vice-president of the Socialist History Society.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pluto Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745333400
• ISBN 13: 9780745333403
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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