Histories

Ancient, Modern, Personal and Political
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-74948-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 354, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Studies in Critical Social Sciences

Histories examined here extend from the ancient to the modern, encompassing also the political and the personal. The reason for examining recent trends in the historiography of the Roman empire is because it is there, at the starting point of the historical trajectory on which the whole of Marxist theory is based, that attempts are being made to undermine its foundations. Against this the efficacy of class and much else besides is reasserted via an examination of how and why discourse about work, gender, and property relations features at the rural grassroots, together with a critical analysis of how and why discarding Marxism has contributed to the current empowerment of populism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brass, Tom

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie

Über Autor(innen)

Tom Brass (DPhil 1982) formerly lectured in the SPS Faculty at Cambridge University and directed studies for Queens’ College. He carried out fieldwork research in Latin America and India during the 1970s and 1980s, is the second-longest serving editor of The Journal of Peasant Studies (1990-2008), and has published extensively on agrarian issues and rural labour relations, including Critiques: In Defence of Development (Brill, 2025).