Crisis and Change Today:: Basic Questions of Marxist Sociology - Couverture souple

Alan Spector, Peter Knapp

 
9789381406496: Crisis and Change Today:: Basic Questions of Marxist Sociology
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 9381406499 ISBN 13 : 9789381406496
Editeur : Dev Publishers & Distributors, 2015

Synopsis

Crisis and Change Today provides a solid introduction to Marxist social theory. The work's unique voice is expressed in its Socratic-dialogic approach, structured around forty questions that students have about society and social change. Topics range from theories of history, economics, unemployment, racial oppression, the state, fascism, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and points of convergence and difference between the dialectical approach and other approaches to social science. The content and tone of the work invites students to evaluate various traditional and current explanations of social institutions and social processes and encourages them to weigh the debates and investigate further. The first edition was very well received and the second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to be relevant for students today. Though the first edition was written during the wake of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the growing gap between the rich and the poor and the economic crisis have generated more interest in using Marxist analysis both as a tool to analyze and understand captalism and the weaknesses of past Marxist praxis.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Crisis and Change Today provides a solid introduction to Marxist social theory. The work's unique voice is expressed in its Socratic-dialogic approach, structured around forty questions that students have about society and social change. Topics range from theories of history, economics, unemployment, racial oppression, the state, fascism, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and points of convergence and difference between the dialectical approach and other approaches to social science. The content and tone of the work invites students to evaluate various traditional and current explanations of social institutions and social processes and encourages them to weigh the debates and investigate further. The first edition was very well received and the second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to be relevant for students today. Though the first edition was written during the wake of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the growing gap between the rich and the poor and the economic crisis have generated more interest in using Marxist analysis both as a tool to analyze and understand captalism and the weaknesses of past Marxist praxis.

Biographie de l'auteur

Peter Knapp is professor of sociology at Villanova University. Alan Spector is professor of sociology at Purdue University Calumet.

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Éditeur
Dev Publishers & Distributors
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9381406499
ISBN 13 
9789381406496
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
387
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780742520448: Crisis and Change Today: Basic Questions of Marxist Sociology

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0742520447 ISBN 13 :  9780742520448
Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2011
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