Crisis and Change Today: Basic Questions of Marxist Sociology, Second Edition

by Peter Knapp and Alan Spector

Book Overview

Crisis and Change Today provides a solid introduction to Marxist social theory. The work's unique voice is expressed in its Socratic-dialogic approach, structured around forty questions that students have about society and social change. Topics range from theories of history, economics, unemployment, racial oppression, the state, fascism, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and points of convergence and difference between the dialectical approach and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742520447
• ISBN13: 9780742520448
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 387 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

A great introduction to Marxian ideas for contemporary times

This book is a must for those interested in Marxian sociology but are unfamilar with the difficult concepts in Marxism. It provides information in a very readable fashion for students, workers, or any one else. Also, the ideas that are presented remain comtemporary to our times with questions on the fall of the USSR and other ex-"Communist" nations. Marxism is a real system, with a philosophy and worldview that must be understood before one can make that leap to Marxism.