Making History: Agency, Structure and Change in Social Theory
- ISBN-10
- 0745601790
- ISBN-13
- 9780745601793
- Series
- Making History
- Category
- Act
- Pages
- 275
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Author
- Alex Callinicos
Description
Takes a fresh look at both Marxist and non-Marxist positions in the debate on the problem of historical change, examining in detail the work of Hobsbawm, Thompson, Cohen, Althusser, Giddens and Habermas amongst others.
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