Harman looks at the history of the last five millennia. He argues that society has been divided between classes over this period, where class is defined in Marxist terms as relating to different relationships to the means of sustaining life.
From the earliest human societies to the Holy Roman Empire, from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, from the Industrial Revolution to the end of the twentieth century, Chris Harman provides a brilliant and comprehensive history of the human race. Eschewing the standard accoun…
"The work of Barrington Moore, Jr. is one of the landmarks of modern social science. A distinguished roster of contributors here discusses the influence of his best-known work, Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. Their individual perspectives combine in delineating Moo…
"The work of Barrington Moore, Jr. is one of the landmarks of modern social science. A distinguished roster of contributors here discusses the influence of his best-known work, Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. Their individual perspectives combine in delineating Moo…
This book deals with changing power and status relations between the highest ranking representatives of Roman imperial power at the central level, in a period when the Empire came under tremendous pressure, AD 193-284. Based on epigraphic, literary and legal materials, the autho…
The global left: yesterday, today, tomorrow
"Considering anti-systemic movements, dilemmas of the left in relation to the structural crisis of the modern world-system, and tactics for political action, this book includes new essays by Etienne Balibar, John K. Galbraith, Johan Galtung, Nilufer Gole, and Pablo Gonzalez Casa…
The global left: yesterday, today, tomorrow
"Considering anti-systemic movements, dilemmas of the left in relation to the structural crisis of the modern world-system, and tactics for political action, this book includes new essays by Etienne Balibar, John K. Galbraith, Johan Galtung, Nilufer Gole, and Pablo Gonzalez Casa…
The global left: yesterday, today, tomorrow
InThe Global Left: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, Immanuel Wallerstein takes stock of the practices of the left, historically in the time of its great ideals and today in the midst of the global crisis of capitalism. He underlines the urgency of seeing the emergence of a global and…