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An exploration of Marx's claims about social structure and historical change, which discusses their use and validity. The author argues that Marxism proves most useful when it is seen as a source of questions, concepts and hypotheses rather than as a philosophy of historical development.

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Introduction
Marx's ambiguous legacy
Forces and relations of production
Marx's productive force determinism
Productive force determinism as Marxist orthodoxy.
The origins of productive force determinism.
Productive force determinism: A critique and an alternative.
Productive force determinism and functional explanation.
Productive force determinism: A critique.
Productive force determinism: An alternative.
Base and superstructure: Definition and determination.
Modes of production: Variant forms of the 'base'.
The political superstructure.
The idealist superstructure.

Marxism and History A Critical Introduct

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 11/19/1998 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719056123, 978-0719056123
      ISBN10: 0719056128

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An exploration of Marx's claims about social structure and historical change, which discusses their use and validity. The author argues that Marxism proves most useful when it is seen as a source of questions, concepts and hypotheses rather than as a philosophy of historical development.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      Marx's ambiguous legacy
      Forces and relations of production
      Marx's productive force determinism
      Productive force determinism as Marxist orthodoxy.
      The origins of productive force determinism.
      Productive force determinism: A critique and an alternative.
      Productive force determinism and functional explanation.
      Productive force determinism: A critique.
      Productive force determinism: An alternative.
      Base and superstructure: Definition and determination.
      Modes of production: Variant forms of the 'base'.
      The political superstructure.
      The idealist superstructure.

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