History and Event

From Marxism to Contemporary French Theory

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

Av Nathan Coombs, University of Edinburgh) Coombs, Nathan (Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow

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Nathan Coombs demonstrates that the Marxist science of history has been reimagined by a strand of contemporary French theory after Louis Althusser. Taking a comparative approach, he explores the technical details of both traditions’ historical sciences. He argues that their articulations of history and event affect how we approach political transformation and view the role of theoreticians in political practice. Coombs establishes the continuities and discontinuities between classical Marxism and Althusserian theory, bringing you new readings of Hegel, Marx, Lenin, Althusser, Badiou, Meillassoux and complexity theory.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-09-21
Mått156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt513 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieTaking on the Political
Antal sidor224
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9780748698998

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Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: History and Event in Marxist Dialectics; 1. Hegel’s Leaps and the Historicist Theory of Knowledge; 2. Marx’s Idea of Communist Transformation; 3. Lenin’s Philosophy: A New Dialectics of Revolution?; Part II: Events and Historical Judgement after Althusser; 4. Althusser’s Science: Naming the Epistemological Break; 5. Badiou’s Decision: To Give Up Leadership, Somewhat; 6. Meillassoux’s Politics: Speculative Justice; Part III: Suggestions about Where this Road Might Take us; 7. Afterword: Towards a Complex Science of History; Notes; Bibliography; Index.