Marxism And Historical Practice

The pieces collected in the first volume of Marxism and Historical Practice: Interpretive Essays on Class Formation and Class Struggle, offer a rich, empirically grounded survey of North American social struggles and a sustained reflection on the more general questions of historical transformation.

In Marxism and Historical Practice Bryan D. Palmer provides an impressive sweep across historical subjects and historians as subjects. These essays contribute to and extend the rich tradition of Marxist analysis, so necessary in understanding the past, informing the present, and changing the future.

Marxism and Historical Practice bring together essays written by one of the major Marxist historians of the last fifty years.

Marxism and Historical Practice bring together essays written by one of the major Marxist historians of the last fifty years

The pieces collected in the second volume of Marxism and Historical Practice: Interventions and Appreciations, capture the range of Palmer’s interests as a historian of popular culture attuned to the necessity of class analysis and as a sensitive critic of historical practice.

Marxist Historiographies is the first book to examine the ebb and flow of Marxist historiography from a global and cross-cultural perspective. Since the eighteenth century, few schools of historical thought have exerted a more lasting impact than Marxism, and this impact extends far beyond the Western world within which it is most commonly analysed. Edited by two highly respected authors in the field, this book deals with the effect of Marxism on historical writings not only in parts of Europe, where it originated, but also in countries and regions in Africa, Asia, North and South America and the Middle East. Rather than presenting the chapters geographically, it is structured with respect to how Marxist influence was shown in the works of historians in a particular area. This title takes a dual approach to the subject; some chapters are national in scope, addressing the Marxist impact on historical practices within a country, whereas others deal with the varied expressions of Marxist historiography throughout a wider region. Taking a truly global perspective on this topic, Marxist Historiographies demonstrates clearly the breadth and depth of Marxism’s influence in historical writing throughout the world and is essential reading for all students of historiography.

Marx and the Moving Image approaches cinema from a Marxist perspective. It argues that the supposed 'end of history', marked by the comprehensive triumph of capitalism and the 'end of cinema', calls for revisiting Marx's writings in order to analyse film theories, histories and practices.