D. Ross Gandy

Marx and History

From Primitive Society to the Communist Future

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book Marx's observations on history, which are found scattered throughout his voluminous writings, are brought together and subjected to searching analysis. D. Ross Gandy writes in refreshingly direct language, without resorting to jargon. For the first time we have a thoughtful assessment of Marx's views on all the epochs that cross his historical vision. Gandy treats Marx's ideas on primitive societies, on ancient Roman and Asiatic civilization, on the structure of feudalism, on strategies for overthrowing capitalism, and on the hypothetical communist future. Among the author's departures from traditional readings of Marx are his interpretations of class struggle, his conception of social strata, and his cogent analysis of the "new Marxism." Since many aspects of Marxist historical theory have been neglected or distorted, Gandy's remarkably clear commentary, based on extensive research-including an exhaustive study of the forty-volume Marx-Engels Werke-will doubtless stimulate debate among sociologists and other students of social change, political scientists, and historians.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 1979
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9780292740952
• ISBN-10: 0292740956
• Artikelnr.: 35331059

Inhaltsangabe

1. Prefatory Note
2. Acknowledgments
3. I. The New Marxism
* Official Marxism
* The New Marxism
* History and Marx
4. II. Precapitalist Modes of Production
* Primitive Communism
* The Asiatic Mode
* The Ancient Mode
* The Feudal Mode
* Conclusion
5. III. Capitalism
* The Rise of Capitalism
* Continuing Revolution
6. IV. Communism
* The Socioeconomic Structure
* The Transition Period
* The Future Society
7. V. Classes
* Definition of Class
* Class Fractions
* Classes, Parties, Leaders
* Class Struggle
* Latent and Open Struggle
8. VI. Historical Sociology
* The Aim of the Theory
* The Economic Basis
* The Political Superstructure
* The Social Ideologies
* The Social Formation
* Interaction and Determinism
* Materialist Theory
9. Appendix. Marx’s Theory of Revolution
10. Notes
11. Bibliography