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Democracy Against Capitalism: Renewing Historical Materialism - Couverture souple

Wood, Ellen Meiksins

 
9781784782443: Democracy Against Capitalism: Renewing Historical Materialism
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1784782440 ISBN 13 : 9781784782443
Editeur : Verso Books, 2016

Synopsis

Historian and political thinker Ellen Meiksins Wood argues that theories of postmodern fragmentation, difference, and contingency can barely accommodate the idea of capitalism, let alone subject it 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 its relation to capitalism, and raising questions about how democracy might go beyond the limits imposed on it.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ellen Meiksins Wood, for many years Professor of Political Science at York University, Toronto, is the author of many books, including The Pristine Culture of Capitalism, The Origin of Capitalism, Peasant-Citizen and Slave, Citizens to Lords, Empire of Capital and Liberty and Property.

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Éditeur
Verso Books
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1784782440
ISBN 13 
9781784782443
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
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