The Theory, Not the Theorist: The Case of Karl MarxThe Theory, Not the Theorist recovers Karl Marx's social thought from the uncongenial embrace of "Marxism." In order to do this, author Rodger Beehler first establishes that the explanation of historical change implicit in Marx's investigations of feudalism, capitalism, and European imperialism is not the "historical materialist" theory that he frequently claimed to have discovered. |
Contents
Functional Explanation and History | 1 |
Productive Activity and Social Forms | 31 |
The Theory Not the Theorist The Case of Marx | 73 |
Marxs Explanation of Historical Change | 118 |
Reading Marx | 143 |
Notes | 155 |
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