A Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism by Anthony Giddens

A Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism by Anthony Giddens

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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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A Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism by Anthony Giddens

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.
ANTHONY GIDDENS is Professor of Sociology at King's College, Cambridge. He is the author of numerous bookson social theory
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ISBN 13 9780333625545
ISBN 10 0333625544
Title A Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism
Author Anthony Giddens
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 1995-08-14
Number of pages 314
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