Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence

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Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence is a seminal work by G.A. Cohen that rigorously reconstructs and defends Marx’s historical materialism using the tools of analytic philosophy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
book edition
non-fiction book
philosophy book
work of political philosophy
academicDiscipline philosophy
political theory
social and political philosophy
author G. A. Cohen
Gerald Allan Cohen
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
describes compatibility of functional explanation with individualism
development of productive forces as primary driver of historical change
explanatory role of relations of production
focusesOn base and superstructure
defence of historical materialism
functional explanation in social science
productive forces
reconstruction of Marx's theory of history
relations of production
genre Marxist philosophy
analytic philosophy
political philosophy
hasEdition Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence self-linksurface differs
surface form: Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence (revised edition)
hasISBN 0198245504
0691070674
influenced Analytical Marxism
surface form: analytic Marxism

political philosophy
social theory
language English
mainSubject Karl Marx
Marxist theory of history
analytic Marxism
historical materialism
notableFor foundational role in analytic Marxism movement
rigorous reconstruction of Marx's historical materialism
use of analytic philosophy to interpret Marx
philosophicalTradition Marxism
analytic philosophy
placeOfPublication Oxford
publicationYear 1978
2000
publisher Oxford University Press
Princeton University Press

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G. A. Cohen notableWork Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence
Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence hasEdition Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence (revised edition)