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Author Davidson, Neil, 1957-2020

Title Holding Fast to an Image of the Past : Explorations in the Marxist Tradition
Published New York : Haymarket Books, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (441 pages)
Contents Preface; Chapter 1: Tom Nairn and the Inevitability of Nationalism; Chapter 2: Marx and Engels on the Scottish Highlands; Chapter 3: The Prophet, His Biographer, and the Watchtower; Chapter 4: There's No Place Like the United States Today; Chapter 5: Carnival, March, Riot; Chapter 6: Alasdair MacIntyre as a Marxist; Chapter 7: Reimagined Communities; Chapter 8: Walter Benjamin and the Classical Marxist Tradition; Chapter 9: Shock and Awe; Chapter 10: Antonio Gramsci's Reception in Scotland; Chapter 11: Women and the Lost World of Scottish Communism
Chapter 12: Eric Hobsbawm's Unanswered Question Chapter 13: The Posthumous Adventures of Adam Smith; Notes; Index; About the Author
Summary Davidson discusses how Marxism can retain a sense of historical tradition without becoming fossilized
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Subject Socialism.
Communism and society.
Historical materialism.
Marxist criticism.
Communism and society
Historical materialism
Marxist criticism
Socialism
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781608463558
1608463559