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Author: Michael E. Brown
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In this fresh appraisal of communism and anti-communism, with an emphasis on the American case, respected scholar Michael E. Brown examines the methods, controversies and difficulties involved in writing the history of communism. Arguing that one important way of understanding communismOCoother than as a concrete political or ideological forceOCois as an expression of an essentially reflexive aspect of society that typically manifests itself in social movements. In this regard, Brown understands the history of communism as part of the history of society. Examining works by E. P. Thompson, Karl Marx, and Pierre Clastres, Brown develops the idea of history as an immanent feature of human activities. Taken together, the essays in this bookOCowritten over a period of 20 yearsOCooffer a distinctive approach to the connections between social theory, criticism, and historiography and to what is OC socialOCO about OC social movements.OCO

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Title The Historiography of Communism
Author Michael E. Brown
Binding Hardback
Pages 264
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Temple University Press, Phila
Publication date 2008-12
Features Bibliography, Index
ISBN 9781592139217 / 1592139213
Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.29 cm)
Category Politics / Current Events
Library of Congress subjects Communism - History, Communism - Historiography
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008011780
Dewey Decimal Code 355.407

About the author

Michael E. Brown is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Northeastern University and former Professor of Sociology at Queens College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York. He is author of Collective Behavior (with Amy Goldman) and The Production of Society as well as the co-editor (with Randy Martin, Frank Rosengarten and George Snedeker) of Recent Studies in the Politics and Culture of U.S. Communism.

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