Theory as History - (Historical Materialism) by Jairus Banaji (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Forty years of research in historiography and marxism focused on the concept of 'modes of production.'<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Winner of the 2011 Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>From the impact of slavery, the rise of the poor taking control, and the role of other philosophies and faiths impacting the discussion, <em>Theory as History</em> is a unique way to discuss history, economics, and the people behind it, a core addition to any community library history collection.<br><strong>--<em>Midwest Book Review</em></strong> <p/>The great merit of this volume is that it establishes an approach for [the debates about the nature and origin of capitalism] that is deeply theoretical, but at the same time refreshingly unhampered by the kind of doctrinaire attachment to a perceived (and often misread) orthodoxy that plagued so much of "historical materialism" for the past century. It is scholarly, without being purely academic ... Banaji's book deserves to be read and debated as one of the starting points for a new wave of Marxist historiography, still in the process of liberating itself from the ghost of its formalist past.<br><strong>--Pepijn Brandon, <em>International Socialism</em></strong> <p/>Banaji's seemingly idiosyncratic but in fact highly sophisticated and original approach to historical analysis provides not only a welcome stimulus and a challenge for scholars today, but also will give them plenty to think about for many years to come<br><strong>--Marcel van der Linden, research director of the International Institute of Social History</strong> <p/>"<em>Theory as History</em> is a book written at the summit of a lifetime's engagement with issues of Marxist theory and practice ... Banaji's work demonstrates that no aspect of human history is irrelevant to the present. His scholarship shows immense skill, depth and range ... [proving] it is not the Marxist method that has been at fault, but the dominance of non-Marxist theory and method in the minds of Marxist.<br><strong>--<em>Counterfire</em></strong><br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Jairus Banaji</b> spent most of his academic life at Oxford. He has been a Research Associate in the Department of Development Studies, SOAS, University of London, for the past several years. He is the author of <i>Agrarian Change in Late Antiquity</i> (Oxford, 2007). <p/>
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