Ellen meiksins wood back in the mid1990s, when i was first getting a handle on the academic left, woods articles on postmodernism were very useful to me. It has even become possible to use the concept of democracy against the direct exercise of popular poweras for example when the exraparliamentary actions of the num are denounced as undemocratic. Ellen meiksins wood argues that, with the collapse of communism, the theoretical project of marxism and its critique of capitalism is more timely and important than ever. Renewing historical materialism by ellen meiksins wood guy abrahami rated it it was amazing may 25, but she does not address the obvious objection to any attempt to use ancient athens as any sort of model, inspiration or even merely suggestive historical point of departurewhich is that the athenian polis was rather. Pdf the untimely death of ellen meiksins wood on january 14, 2016 deprived the left of one of its most original voices. Democracy against capitalism by wood, ellen meiksins ebook. Ellen meiksins wood frsc april 12, 1942 january 14, 2016 was an americancanadian marxist historian and scholar biography.
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Historian and political thinker ellen meiksins wood argues that theories of postmodern fragmentation, difference, an. Wood was born in new york city as ellen meiksins one year after her parents, latvian jews active in the bund, arrived in new york from europe as political refugees. Her social history is a significant departure from other contextual interpretations. This acclaimed book by ellen meiksins wood is available at in several formats for your ereader. Ellen meiksins wood, for many years professor of political science at york university, toronto, was the author of many books, including democracy against. Mar 09, 1995 ellen meiksins wood, for many years professor of political science at york university, toronto, was the author of many books, including democracy against capitalism, the pristine culture of capitalism, the origin of capitalism, peasantcitizen and slave, citizens to lords, empire of capital and liberty and property.
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As a frequent contributor to socialist register since her first essay in 1980, special coeditor of the 1995 volume why not capitalism, and a member of the registers editorial collective from 1996 to 2009, her depth of socialist commitment, theoretical originality, and profound insight may best be. Ellen meiksins wood capitalism and human emancipation l et me say something, first, about isaac deutscher, not just in some ritual tribute for the occasion but because it seems appropriate to what i am going to say in my lecture and the spirit in which i intend to say it. Current intellectual fashions of the left which emphasise postmodern fragmentation, difference, contingency and the politics of identity can barely accommodate the idea. On the notion of coerced wage labor see my capitalism, laws of motion and socialproperty relations, historical materialism 21, no. A social history of western political thought from antiquity to the middle. Contains extensive new material, especially on imperialism, anti eurocentric history, capitalism and the nationstate, and the differences betwee ncapitalism and noncapitalist commerce. Nov 24, 2016 pdf the untimely death of ellen meiksins wood on january 14, 2016 deprived the left of one of its most original voices. Democracy against capitalism ebook by ellen meiksins wood. In the origin of capitalism, ellen meiksins wood challenges most existing accounts of capitalisms origins, arguing that they fail to recognize its distinctive attributes as a social system by making its emergence seem natural and inevitable.
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