Historical Materialism and Social Evolution

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.

Author: P. Blackledge
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 01/01/2002
Pages: 244
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58d
ISBN: 9781349432561

About the Author
TED BENTON Lecturer in Sociology, University of Essex ALEX CALLINICOS Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of York ALAN CARLING Lecturer, Department of Interdisciplinary Human Studies, University of Bradford PAUL NOLAN PhD, Birkbeck College, University of London TONY SMITH Lecturer in Philosophy, Iowa State University GUISSEPPE TASSONE Lecturer, University of York