A Marxist History of the World : From Neanderthals to Neoliberals – Neil Faulkner

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This magisterial analysis of human history – from ‘Lucy’, the first hominid, to the current Great Recession – combines the insights of earlier generations of Marxist historians with radical new ideas about the historical process.

Reading history against the grain, Neil Faulkner reveals that what happened in the past was not predetermined. Choices were frequent and numerous. Different outcomes – liberation or barbarism – were often possible. Rejecting the top-down approach of conventional history, Faulkner contends that it is the mass action of ordinary people that drives great events.

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At the beginning of the 21st century – with economic disaster, war, climate catastrophe and deep class divisions – humans face perhaps the greatest crisis in the long history of our species. The lesson of A Marxist History of the World is that, if we created our past, we can also create a better future.

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SKU: 9780745332147 Category: Title: A Marxist History of the World : From Neanderthals to Neoliberals
Author: Neil Faulkner
Publisher: Pluto Press
Year: 2013
ISBN10: 0745332145
ISBN13: 9780745332147
Condition: Mint
Format: Softcover
Inventory No: 1783

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This magisterial analysis of human history – from ‘Lucy’, the first hominid, to the current Great Recession – combines the insights of earlier generations of Marxist historians with radical new ideas about the historical process.

Reading history against the grain, Neil Faulkner reveals that what happened in the past was not predetermined. Choices were frequent and numerous. Different outcomes – liberation or barbarism – were often possible. Rejecting the top-down approach of conventional history, Faulkner contends that it is the mass action of ordinary people that drives great events.

Trade Paperback. Like New . Mint

At the beginning of the 21st century – with economic disaster, war, climate catastrophe and deep class divisions – humans face perhaps the greatest crisis in the long history of our species. The lesson of A Marxist History of the World is that, if we created our past, we can also create a better future.

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Weight 0.6 kg
Dimensions 23 × 15 × 2.3 cm

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