DEMOCRACY AGAINST CAPITALISM by Ellen Meiksins Wood ( 9781784782443 )

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DEMOCRACY AGAINST CAPITALISM
RENEWING HISTORICAL MATERIALISM

By:

Ellen Meiksins Wood

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1784782440

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Publisher:

VERSO BOOKS

Pub. date:

25 January, 2016

Series:

Radical Thinkers

Pages:

320

Description:

A magnificent recasting of historical materialism which highlights capitalism's intrinsically antagonistic relationship to democracy

Synopsis:

Historian and political thinker Ellen Meiksins Wood argues that theories of "postmodern" fragmentation, "difference", and contingency can barely accommodate the idea of capitalism, let alone subject it to critique. In this book she sets out to renew the critical programme 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.

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