Historical Materialism: Revisiting the Fundamental Concepts

Written to further debate among scholars and beyond, this book develops the fundamental concepts of the Marxist theory of history as they apply to any society, particularly the so-called ＂economic＂ concepts, in their opposition to neo-classical theory and to reductive readings common among Marxist authors.

Tony Andréani, PhD in philosophy, is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Paris VIII. His major works include De la société à l’histoire (2 volumes, Paris: Editions Meridiens-Klincksieck, 1989), Discours sur l’égalité parmi les hommes (Paris: Editions L’Harmattan, 1993), Un être de raison, critique de l’homo Oeconomicus (Paris: Editions Syllepse, 2000), Socialisme est (a)venir, (2 volumes, Paris: Editions Syllepse, 2001 and 2004), and Ten Essays for a 21st Century Socialism (London: Routledge, 2025).