Historical materialism and social evolution

Paul Blackledge , Graeme Kirkpatrick

Historical Materialism and Social Evolution brings together a collection of essays which investigate the relationship between Marxist thought and Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Each of the contributors emphasize the idea that the distinctive character of progressive social thought is derived from creative ideas drawn from the study of natural evolutionary processes.

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Historical materialism and social evolution

Blackledge Paul; Kirkpatrick Graeme

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Historical materialism

Blackledge Paul

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36-75
Social Darwinism and socialist Darwinism in Germany

Benton Ted

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76-97
A Darwinian historical materialism

Nolan Paul

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98-128
Analytical Marxism and the debate on social evolution

Carling Alan

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129-162
History, exploitation and oppression

Callinicos Alex

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163-189
Progress and technology in Habermas's theory of social evolution

Kirkpatrick Graeme

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190-212
The possible wonders of technology. Beyond Habermas towards Marcuse

Tassone Giusseppe

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213-235
Lean production and economic evolution in capitalism

Smith Tony