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Symposium on Ellen Meiksins Wood's Empire of Capital: Editorial Introduction

In: Historical Materialism
Author:
Paul Blackledge Leeds Metropolitan University;, Email: p.blackledge@leedsmet.ac.uk

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01 Jan 2007
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Abstract

Ellen Wood's study of the new imperialism represents the latest instance of her broader project of reconstituting a non-deterministic form of Marxism which is able both to explain the historical specificity of capitalism and to inform socialist political activity. This essay seeks to locate her analysis of imperialism both in the wider political context within which it was written and as an example of the fecundity of her re-interpretation of historical materialism. After outlining the main themes of Wood's 'political-Marxist' project, I move on to overview the thesis of her book Empire of Capital (2003) before finally pointing to the main themes of the ensuing debate.

Title:
Symposium on Ellen Meiksins Wood's Empire of Capital: Editorial Introduction
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/156920607X225861
Language:
English
Pages:
45–55
Keywords:
STATE; MARXISM; EMPIRE; CAPITAL; IMPERIALISM
In:
Historical Materialism
In:
Volume 15: Issue 3
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1569-206X
Print ISSN:
1465-4466
Subjects:
Critical Social Sciences, Social Sciences, General, Philosophy

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