Poverty of Theory by E. P. Thompson, Dorothy Thompson

Monthly Review Press, 1978-01-01. paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. NOT an ex library book. Small name stamp on front endpaper. 404 pages.

AAKAR BOOKS, 2010, Reprinted 2013, 2017. Paperback. New.

AAKAR BOOKS, 2010, Reprinted 2013, 2017. Paperback. New.

Monthly Review Press, 1978-01-01. Illustrated. paperback. Used: Good.

Bio-Green, 2010, Reprinted 2013, 2017. Paperback. New.

Aakar Books. Paperback. New. Dorothy Thompson writes in her introduction: ‘This essay is a rarity among Edward’s published work. Although he was throughout his life interested in the philosophy of history and in various theoretical formulations, he concerned himself with these mainly in private reading and private discussion. Why then did he write this essay? He had read the work of Louis Althusser and found very liitle in them to affect his work. When Althusser appeared on the scene he made little impact on practicing historians. For some reason however, he suddenly became a major force among graduate students and some young historians and literary scholars. Most historians would have been prepared to wait for the new influence to demonstrate its validity in the production of innovative work in history; not only did this not happen, but Althusser’s followers – even some of the historians among them – began to declare that history was a non-discipline and that its study was… Read More

Aakar Books. Paperback. New. Dorothy Thompson writes in her introduction: ‘This essay is a rarity among Edward’s published work. Although he was throughout his life interested in the philosophy of history and in various theoretical formulations, he concerned himself with these mainly in private reading and private discussion. Why then did he write this essay? He had read the work of Louis Althusser and found very liitle in them to affect his work. When Althusser appeared on the scene he made little impact on practicing historians. For some reason however, he suddenly became a major force among graduate students and some young historians and literary scholars. Most historians would have been prepared to wait for the new influence to demonstrate its validity in the production of innovative work in history; not only did this not happen, but Althusser’s followers – even some of the historians among them – began to declare that history was a non-discipline and that its study was… Read More

Bio-Green, 2010, Reprinted 2013, 2017. Paperback. New.

Monthly Review Press, 1978-01-01. Paperback. Good. 1.2000 in x 8.5000 in x 5.5000 in. Contains marginalia and/or underlining. Dust staining on the top edge. Mild general wear. Binding sound.

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