Historical Materialism and Social Evolution

by P. Blackledge (Editor), G. Kirkpatrick (Editor)

Overview

Historical Materialism and Social Evolution brings together a collection of essays which investigate the relationship between Marxist thought and Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Each of the contributors emphasize the idea that the distinctive character of progressive social thought is derived from creative ideas drawn from the study of natural evolutionary processes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333995624
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	09/06/2002
Edition description:	2002
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

TED BENTON Lecturer in Sociology, University of Essex ALEX CALLINICOS Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of York ALAN CARLING Lecturer, Department of Interdisciplinary Human Studies, University of Bradford PAUL NOLAN PhD, Birkbeck College, University of London TONY SMITH Lecturer in Philosophy, Iowa State University GUISSEPPE TASSONE Lecturer, University of York

Table of Contents

Notes on the Contributors Historical Materialism and Social Evolution; P.Blackledge & G.Kirkpatrick Historical Materialism: From Social Evolution to Revolutionary Politics; P.Blackledge Social Darwinism and Socialist Darwinism in Germany: 1860 to 1900; T.Benton A Darwinian Historical Materialism; P.Nolan Analytical Marxism and the Debate on Social Evolution; A.Carling History, Exploitations and Oppression; A.Callinicos Progress and Technology in Habermas's Theory of Social Evolution; G.Kirkpatrick Beyond Habermas Towards Marcuse: A Critical Framework for Technological Progress; G.Tassone Lean Production and Economic Evolution in Capitalism; T.Smith