Holding Fast to an Image of the Past: Explorations in the Marxist Tradition

by Neil Davidson

Book Overview

In this wide-ranging book of essays, Deutscher prize-winning author Neil Davidson offers theoretical reinterpretations and appraisals of key thinkers and themes of interest to contemporary radicals. Throughout Davidson demonstrates the enduring explanatory power of the Marxist understanding of history. Topics include Adam Smith, Eric Hobsbawm, Antonio Gramsci, Naomi Klein, and Marx and Engels' views on the Scottish Highlands

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608463338
• ISBN13: 9781608463336
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Haymarket Books
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"