History, Labour, and Freedom: Themes from Marx

by G.A. Cohen

Book Overview

Taking Karl Marx's theory of history as their point of departure, these essays, extensively revised and rewritten for this volume, chronicle the growth of humanity's power to produce, and the suffering that the byproducts of this freedom--exploitation, lack of freedom, indignity--have caused. Cohen begins with a discussion and defense of historical materialism before expressing his own reservations about the theory, arguing that the truth of historical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198247796
• ISBN13: 9780198247791
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.9"