Throwing the dice of history with Marx : : the plurality of historical worlds from Epicurus to modern science / / by Marcus Bajema.

"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. Using this perspective, the book builds a case for a historical materialism that is stripped of all teleology. Starting i...

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Superior document:Historical materialism book series ; volume 277
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Historical materialism book series.
Physical Description:1 online resource (427 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • ‎Contents
  • ‎Introduction
  • ‎Chapter 1. The Aleatory Current in Philosophy and the Present Conjuncture
  • ‎Chapter 2. The Ancient Atomists on Nature, Humankind and History
  • ‎Chapter 3. Encounters with Ancient and New Worlds
  • ‎Chapter 4. Universal History from a Materialist Perspective
  • ‎Chapter 5. Marx and the Thesis of the Plurality of Worlds
  • ‎Chapter 6. 'The Relics of Bygone Instruments', Marxist Archaeology and the Thesis of the Plurality of Worlds
  • ‎Bibliography
  • ‎Index.