Karl Marx's Theory of History : : A Defence /

Karl Marx's Theory of History : : A Defence / / G. A. Cohen.

First published in 1978, this book rapidly established itself as a classic of modern Marxism. Cohen's masterful application of advanced philosophical techniques in an uncompromising defense of historical materialism commanded widespread admiration. In the ensuing twenty years, the book has serv...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Cohen, G. A.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]
©1979
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (450 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Introduction
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • NOTE ON REFERENCES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION TO THE 2000 EDITION: REFLECTIONS ON ANALYTICAL MARXISM
  • I. IMAGES OF HISTORY IN HEGEL AND MARX
  • II. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PRODUCTIVE FORCES
  • III. THE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
  • IV. MATERIAL AND SOCIAL PROPERTIES OF SOCIETY
  • V. FETISHISM
  • VI. THE PRIMACY OF THE PRODUCTIVE FORCES
  • VII. THE PRODUCTIVE FORCES AND CAPITALISM
  • VIII. BASE AND SUPERSTRUCTURE, POWERS AND RIGHTS
  • IX. FUNCTIONAL EXPLANATION. IN GENERAL
  • X. FUNCTIONAL EXPLANATION: IN MARXISM
  • XI. USE-VALUE, EXCHANGE-VALUE, AND CONTEMPORARY CAPITALISM
  • XII. FETTERING
  • XIII. RECONSIDERING HISTORICAL MATERIALISM
  • XIV. RESTRICTED AND INCLUSIVE HISTORICAL MATERIALISM
  • XV. MARXISM AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION
  • APPENDIX I. Karl Marx and the Withering Away of Social Science
  • APPENDIX II. Some Definitions
  • LIST OF WORKS CITED
  • NAME INDEX
  • SUBJECT INDEX

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