Structure, Agency and Theory: Contributions to Historical Materialism and the Analysis of Classes, State and Bourgeois Power in Advanced Capitalist (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9788743083597)

"Structure, Agency and Theory" challenges common readings of Marx' and Engels' historical materialism and argues the necessity of abandoning their conception of the dialectic of forces and relations of production as the motive power of historical development and transformations because of its doubtful validity and deterministic implications. Instead another fundamental conception in historical materialism, the interaction between social circumstances and agency as the motive power of history, is accentuated with an emphasis on agents' experiences as a causal factor, arguing its potential in terms of historical explanation, and attempting to spell out some of its strategic implications for revolutionary socialism.

Author: Ib Gram-Jensen
ISBN-10: 8743083595
ISBN-13: 9788743083597
Publisher: Books on Demand
Language: English
Published: 04/20/2021
Pages: 442
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.73lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.90d