A Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism (Contemporary Social Theory)

What, if anything, is valid in Marx's work today, following the events of 1989 and after in Eastern Europe? The second edition of this highly regarded critical encounter with historical materialism and other major perspectives in social thought, shows how a critical theory of the advanced societies can still draw on marxism - if only sparingly - and remains an endeavour of fundamental importance in the social sciences at the present time. Front Matter....Pages i-xix Introduction....Pages 1-25 The Time-Space Constitution of Social Systems....Pages 26-48 Domination, Power and Exploitation: an Analysis....Pages 49-68 Society as Time-Traveller: Capitalism and World History....Pages 69-89 Time-Space Distanciation and the Generation of Power....Pages 90-108 Property and Class Society....Pages 109-128 Time, Labour and the City....Pages 129-156 Capitalism: Integration, Surveillance and Class Power....Pages 157-181 The Nation-State, Nationalism and Capitalist Development....Pages 182-202 The State: Class Conflict and Political Order....Pages 203-229 Between Capitalism and Socialism: Contradiction and Exploitation....Pages 230-252 Back Matter....Pages 253-294 V. 1. [without Special Title] -- V. 2. The Nation-state And Violence Anthony Giddens. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 253-283) And Index.