历史学专业英语05Marxisthistoriography.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * British Marxists: Sidney and Beatrice Webb Works by the Webbs History of Trade Unionism (1894) Industrial Democracy (1897) English Local Government Vol. I–X (1906 through 1929) The Manor and the Borough (1908) The Break-Up of the Poor Law (1909) English Poor-Law Policy (1910) The Cooperative Movement (1914) Works by the Webbs Works Manager Today (1917) The Consumers Cooperative Movement (1921) Decay of Capitalist Civilization (1923) Methods of Social Study (1932) Soviet Communism: A new civilization? (1935) The Truth About Soviet Russia (1942) Two main concerns Labour movement in Britain – why didn’t it radicalise? Industrialisation – improved or worsened people’s lives? Hobsbawm v Max Hartwell (1957-63) Development Led to the development of ‘world history’ Popular protest in pre-industrial society Looked at French revolution and 18th century England Created a journal ‘Past and Present’ in 1952 Dialogue with non-Marxist historians Comparative History Look at historical change across countries European and global movements Interdisciplinary with sociology and anthropology Historical sociology Economic history Marxism today Many people use Marxist theory: archaeology, anthropology, media studies, political science, theatre, history, Marxism today sociological theory, cultural studies, education, economics, geography, literary criticism philosophy. How will Marxism be realised? a proletarian revolution, when the proletariat take control of government, reforms to benefit the proletariat private property placed under state control run for the benefit of the people a socialist society is classless New direction of Marxism History as a social science Using numbers (quantitative methods) Looking at the economy and price change, trade and population ‘structural history’ Causation Conclusion causes of societal development and change in the collective ways economic activity; “base and superstructure” “the