Marxism and Social Science

by Andrew Gamble (Editor), David Marsh (Editor), Parthasarathi Sensarma (Editor)

This major reassessment of the relevance of Marxism in the social sciences decisively rebuts claims that it has been consigned to the dustbin of history by the collapse of communism and apparent triumph of capitalism and liberal democracy. The book first considers how Marxism has engaged with various critiques including Postmodernism, New Right theory and Feminism before assessing its continuing utility as a framework for analysis of a range of substantive issues from class and the state to culture, ecology and globalization.

392 pages, Paperback

First published May 17, 1999

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Reviews

[J. Szlendak · Rating 4 out of 5]

Of particular impact, Gambles chapter on Marxism and The New Right offered a scorching review of the Austrian school of thought’s attack on Marxism. As very well encapsulated by Gamble, Marxism can no more be squeezed into a single definition than the New Right can be, and as a social science method of analysis and critique, Marxism has and will continue to have a lot to offer as capitalism continues to evolve.