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A major reorientation of scholarly thought about communism and contemporary social movements

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"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



Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
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1. Introduction: Communism, Society, and History
2. History and History's Problem
3. Issues in the Historiography of Communism, Part one—Identifying the Problem
4. Issues in the Hisoriography of Communism, Part Two: Some Principles of Critical Analysis
5. Ideology and the Metaphysics of Content
6. "Society Against the State": The Fullness of the Primitive
7. Left Futures (with Randy Martin)
8. Rethinking the Crisis of Socialism (with Randy Martin)
Notes
Bibliography
Index

The Historiography of Communism

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      Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.
      Published 15 December 2008
      ISBN-13 9781592139217
      978-1592139217
      ISBN-10 1592139213
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      Historiography Political ideologies and movements

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A major reorientation of scholarly thought about communism and contemporary social movements

      Trade Review

      "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



      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Permissions
      1. Introduction: Communism, Society, and History
      2. History and History's Problem
      3. Issues in the Historiography of Communism, Part one—Identifying the Problem
      4. Issues in the Hisoriography of Communism, Part Two: Some Principles of Critical Analysis
      5. Ideology and the Metaphysics of Content
      6. "Society Against the State": The Fullness of the Primitive
      7. Left Futures (with Randy Martin)
      8. Rethinking the Crisis of Socialism (with Randy Martin)
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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