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History and Event : From Marxism to Contemporary French Theory / Nathan Coombs.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Taking on the Political : TAPOPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748698998
  • 9780748699001
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 335.4119 23
LOC classification:
  • D16.9 .C6347 2015
  • D16.9 .C6347 2015
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: History and Event in Marxist Dialectics -- Chapter 1 Hegel's Leaps and the Historicist Theory of Knowledge -- Chapter 2 Marx's Idea of Communist Transformation -- Chapter 3 Lenin's Philosophy: A New Dialectics of Revolution? -- Part II: Events and Historical Judgement after Althusser -- Chapter 4 Althusser's Science: Naming the Epistemological Break -- Chapter 5 Badiou's Decision: To Give Up Leadership, Somewhat -- Chapter 6 Meillassoux's Politics: Speculative Justice -- Part III: Suggestions about Where this Road Might Take Us -- Chapter 7 Afterword: Towards a Complex Science of History -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Explores the politics of modern and contemporary historical sciences, from Marxism to contemporary French theoryAre sciences of history relics of an abandoned modernism? 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, Coombs 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.History and Event sits at a productive juncture of critical theory, continental thought and social scientific philosophy. It is a vital resource for researchers who wish to sharpen their critical insight into Marxist philosophy and contemporary French theory.Key FeaturesEstablishes continuities and discontinuities between classical Marxism and Althusserian theoryNew readings of Hegel, Marx, Lenin, Althusser, Badiou, Meillassoux and complexity theoryExplores the implications of different sciences of history, including how we conceive of political transformation and the role of theorists in political practice
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: History and Event in Marxist Dialectics -- Chapter 1 Hegel's Leaps and the Historicist Theory of Knowledge -- Chapter 2 Marx's Idea of Communist Transformation -- Chapter 3 Lenin's Philosophy: A New Dialectics of Revolution? -- Part II: Events and Historical Judgement after Althusser -- Chapter 4 Althusser's Science: Naming the Epistemological Break -- Chapter 5 Badiou's Decision: To Give Up Leadership, Somewhat -- Chapter 6 Meillassoux's Politics: Speculative Justice -- Part III: Suggestions about Where this Road Might Take Us -- Chapter 7 Afterword: Towards a Complex Science of History -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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Explores the politics of modern and contemporary historical sciences, from Marxism to contemporary French theoryAre sciences of history relics of an abandoned modernism? 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, Coombs 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.History and Event sits at a productive juncture of critical theory, continental thought and social scientific philosophy. It is a vital resource for researchers who wish to sharpen their critical insight into Marxist philosophy and contemporary French theory.Key FeaturesEstablishes continuities and discontinuities between classical Marxism and Althusserian theoryNew readings of Hegel, Marx, Lenin, Althusser, Badiou, Meillassoux and complexity theoryExplores the implications of different sciences of history, including how we conceive of political transformation and the role of theorists in political practice

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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