{"product_id":"democracy-against-capitalism-renewing-historical-materialism-paperback-9780521476829","title":"Democracy against Capitalism; Renewing Historical Materialism (Paperback) 9780521476829","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDemocracy against Capitalism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRenewing Historical Materialism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA reformulation of  Marxism which explains why it still provides the most effective way of looking critically at capitalism.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEllen Meiksins Wood (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521476829, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 9 March 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e316 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.7 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.47 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This book deserves to be read by more than social theorists and followers of contemporary marxist debate. Wood engages in a critique of capitalism not despite the apparent triumph of captalism but because of it.\"    John P. Burke, Research in Philosophy and Technology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEllen Meiksins Wood argues that with the collapse of Communism the theoretical project of Marxism and its critique of capitalism is more timely and important than ever. Current intellectual fashions of the left which emphasise 'post-modern' fragmentation, 'difference', contingency and the 'politics of identity' can barely accommodate the idea of capitalism, let alone subject the capitalist system 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 the concept's relation to capitalism, and raising questions about how democracy might go beyond the limits imposed on it by capitalism.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Historical Materialism and the Specificity of Capitalism: 1. The separation of the 'economic' and 'political' in capitalism\u003cbr\u003e 2. Rethinking base and superstructure\u003cbr\u003e 3. Class as process and relationship\u003cbr\u003e 4. History or technological determinism?\u003cbr\u003e 5. History or teleology? Marx v. Weber\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Democracy against Capitalism: 6. Labour and democracy, ancient and modern\u003cbr\u003e 7. The demos v. 'we, the people': from ancient to modern conceptions of citizenship\u003cbr\u003e 8. Civil society and the politics of identity\u003cbr\u003e 9. Capitalism and human emancipation: race, gender and democracy\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political science \u0026amp; theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political science \u0026amp; theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20science%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20%5BJPA%5D%22\"\u003eJPA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007689216280,"sku":"9780521476829","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521476829i_b86edc49-0912-4e00-8ef0-d45400bd2d12.jpg?v=1691382847","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/democracy-against-capitalism-renewing-historical-materialism-paperback-9780521476829","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}