The Crisis in Historical Materialism: Class, Politics, and Culture in Marxist TheoryU of Minnesota Press, 1990 - 333 pages Critical theorist Aronowitz (sociology, CUNY) contends that the centrality of cultural categories, as raised by the feminist, ecology, and racial freedom movements, among others, provides the crucial difference for the late industrial world, demanding a break from the dominant tendencies of Marxism to reduce causality to its economic features. Acidic paper. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Prospectus | 21 |
The Necessity of Philosophy | 28 |
Nature and Human Nature in Marxist Theory | 72 |
The Question of Class | 104 |
Forms of Historical Disruption | 151 |
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