The Historiography of Communism

Michael E Brown author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Temple University Press,U.S.

Published:15th Dec '08

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Examines the methods, controversies and difficulties involved in writing the history of communism. This work offers an understanding of the history of communism as part of the history of society. Examining works by E P Thompson, Karl Marx, and Pierre Clastres, it develops the idea of history as an immanent feature of human activities.A major reorientation of scholarly thought about communism and contemporary social movements

"A piece of original scholarship on a topic of great importance by one of the most profound and scholarly thinkers in the American academy! Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of communism but also for advanced students and professors concerned with the methodological problems that arise in writing any kind of history."
Bertell Ollman, Department of Politics, New York University and author of Dance of the Dialectic: Steps in Marx's Method

ISBN: 9781592139217

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm

Weight: unknown

264 pages