Marx and History

<p>In this book Marx's observations on history which are found scattered throughout his voluminous writings are brought together and subjected to searching analysis.</p> <p>D. Ross Gandy writes in refreshingly direct language without resorting to jargon. For the first time we have a thoughtful assessment of Marx's views on <i>all</i> the epochs that cross his historical vision. Gandy treats Marx's ideas on primitive societies on ancient Roman and Asiatic civilization on the structure of feudalism on strategies for overthrowing capitalism and on the hypothetical communist future. Among the author's departures from traditional readings of Marx are his interpretations of class struggle his conception of social strata and his cogent analysis of the new Marxism.</p> <p>Since many aspects of Marxist historical theory have been neglected or distorted Gandy's remarkably clear commentary based on extensive research-including an exhaustive study of the forty-volume Marx-Engels <i>Werke</i>-will doubtless stimulate debate among sociologists and other students of social change political scientists and historians.</p>