Author : Ira Katznelson
Release : 1992
Genre : Political Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 248/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Marxism and the City by : Ira Katznelson
Download or read book Marxism and the City written by Ira Katznelson. This book was released on 1992. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work, Katznelson critically analyzes the development of Marxist scholarship on cities in the last quarter century. He demonstrates how some of the most important weaknesses in Marxism as a social theory can be remedied by forcing it to seriously engage with cities and spatial concerns, and explains the significant shortcomings even of this "improved" Marxism. Katznelson explores how a Marxism that is open to engagement with other social-theoretical traditions can help illuminate our understanding of cities and the patterns of class and group formation that have characterized urban life in the West.