Marxist History-writing for the Twenty-first Century by Chris Wickham

Marxist History-writing for the Twenty-first Century by Chris Wickham

Since 1989, there have been many claims that Marxist approaches to history are out of date. As the challenge of more recent events shows, however, history has not stopped and historical change continues to need explanation. There is still plenty of space for structural analysis of how history in all periods develops, and a Marxism un-linked to the Soviet past offers to many the most rigorous of these approaches. This volume explores from a wide variety of perspectives what Marxism has done for history-writing and what it can, or cannot, still do. Eight prominent historians and social scientists give their perspectives, both from Marxist and from non-Marxist positions, on the current state of history and what role Marxist analysis has in it. The volume is an important contribution to current historical debates, and will be of essential interest to historians and social scientists, and all those interested in how to explain history and politics.

Chris Wickham is a member of All Souls College and the Chichele Professor of Medieval History at the University of Oxford. The American Historical Association awarded him the Wolfson Award, the Deutscher Memorial Prize, and the James Henry Breasted Prize for his work Framing the Middle Ages. He currently resides in Oxford, UK.

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ISBN 13	9780197264034
ISBN 10	0197264034
Title	Marxist History-writing for the Twenty-first Century
Author	Chris Wickham
Series	British Academy Occasional Papers
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2007-06-28
Number of pages	196
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