num_pages: 316
description: Ellen Meiksins Wood argues that with the collapse of Communism the theoretical project of Marxism and its critique of capitalism is more timely and important than ever. In this book she sets out to renew the critical program of historical materialism by redefining its basic concepts and its theory of history in original and imaginative ways, using them to identify the specificity of capitalism as a system of social relations and political power. She goes on to explore the concept of democracy in both the ancient and modern world, examining the concept's relation to capitalism.
language: English
title: Democracy Against Capitalism: Renewing Historical Materialism
titlecomplete: Democracy Against Capitalism: Renewing Historical Materialism
genres: Social Science, History, Philosophy, Economics, Sociology, Google, Nonfiction, Theory, Political Science, Politics
ratings_count: 251
publisher: Cambridge University Press