A Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism

by Anthony Giddens

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What, if anything, is valid in Marx's work today, following the events of 1989 and after in Eastern Europe? The second edition of this highly regarded critical encounter with historical materialism and other major perspectives in social thought, shows how a critical theory of the advanced societies can still draw on marxism - if only sparingly - and remains an endeavour of fundamental importance in the social sciences at the present time.

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Anthony Giddens, a British sociologist, was educated at Hull, the London School of Economics, and Cambridge, and is a fellow of King's College, Cambridge. His interests have been varied, but they tend to focus on questions related to the macro-order. Much of his theoretical writing deals with stratification, class, and modernity. Although he has show more concentrated on dynamic issues of social structure, he has also examined how social psychological concerns are part of this broader order of human relations. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Sociology, Economics, Nonfiction, History, Philosophy, Politics and Government
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335.4119Society, government, & cultureEconomicsSocialism and related systemsMarxian systemsPhilosophic foundations, economic concepts, aimsPhilosophic foundations
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D16.9 .G47History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaHistory (General)
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