Democracy Against Capitalism: Renewing Historical Materialism by Wood, Ellen Meiksins

Democracy Against Capitalism: Renewing Historical Materialism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781784782443)

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Democracy Against Capitalism: Renewing Historical Materialism by Wood, Ellen Meiksins

Democracy Against Capitalism: Renewing Historical Materialism

$19.95
Democracy Against Capitalism: Renewing Historical Materialism by Wood, Ellen Meiksins

Democracy Against Capitalism: Renewing Historical Materialism

$19.95
Format: Paperback
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Historian and political thinker Ellen Meiksins Wood argues that theories of "postmodern" fragmentation, "difference," and con-tingency can barely accommodate the idea of capitalism, let alone subject it to critique. In this book she sets out to renew the critical program 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.

Author: Ellen Meiksins Wood
ISBN-10: 1784782440
ISBN-13: 9781784782443
Publisher: Verso
Language: English
Published: 02/02/2016
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.00d
By Ellen Meiksins Wood
By Ellen Meiksins Wood
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Ellen Meiksins Wood, for many years Professor of Political Science at York University, Toronto, is the au-thor 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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