Analytical anarchism? A critique of Alan Carter's anarchist theory of history
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4948620 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stuart Ingham (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 111-127 |
| Publication date | 2016-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Capital & Class (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8168 • E-ISSN: 2041-0980 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0309816815628009 |
| OpenAlex | W2280146716 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
Alan Carter has proposed that anarchists can develop their own theory of history by engaging with the work of analytical Marxists such as G. A. Cohen. This essay argues that Carter fails to build his own convincing theory of history because it retains too many of the faults within Cohen's reconstructed historical materialism. In particular, his historical theory depends upon an unsustainably extravagant dialectic
Dialectic · Epistemology · Historical materialism · Marxist philosophy · Materialism · Political science · Sociology · Anarchism and Radical Politics · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Political Philosophy and Ethics
History, Labour, and Freedom
Karl Marx
Political Theory
Hegel
Human Nature and Social Change in the Marxist Conception of History
How to be a Green Liberal
Man, the State, and War
Karl Marx's Theory of History
Karl Marx's Theory of History
Rationality and Class Struggle
Functional Explanation
Analytical Anarchism
Cohen on Marx's Theory of History
Anarchism
Anarchy is what states make of it
Beyond primacy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |