Throwing the Dice of History with Marx: The Plurality of Historical Worlds from Epicurus to Modern Science - Couverture souple

Livre 275 sur 316: Historical Materialism

Bajema, Marcus

 
9798888902073: Throwing the Dice of History with Marx: The Plurality of Historical Worlds from Epicurus to Modern Science
Couverture souple
ISBN 13 : 9798888902073
Editeur : Haymarket Books, 2024

Synopsis

Throwing the Dice of History with Marx builds a case for a historical materialism that is stripped of all teleology.

By digging through the stratigraphy of the history of ideas we can find within and beyond Marxism an 'aleatory current' that values the role of chance in history. Starting in the ancient Mediterranean with Epicurus, it traces the history of conceiving history as plural up to Marxism and modern science. It shows that concrete historical 'worlds' such as ancient Mesoamerica and Eurasia cannot be reduced to a single template. Affirming the potentiality of a future non-capitalist 'world', it invalidates any 'end of history' thesis.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos de l?auteur

Marcus Bajema is an independent scholar residing in The Hague, The Netherlands. He is interested in Marxist theory and history as comparative social science, having earlier published a book comparing Maya and Mycenaean early civilisations.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Haymarket Books
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 13 
9798888902073
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
428
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible