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Who are some other Marxist historians similar to Eric Hobsbawm?

>> No.5985189

>>5985186
most of them

>> No.5985193

>>5985186
I am also looking for a contemporary version of economic Marxism, none of this hippie feminist crap. I am not interested in reading old ass economic theories about the 19th century though.

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5985339

>>5985186
Not sure about specifically Marxist but I believe Lefebvre is supposed to be far left. I haven't Parenti's name in a long while...
>>5985193
Harvey would be my choice. Sample some of him from youtube. I like him

And just to advertise, we have a /hist/general now
>>5983497
Look for it by name! :D

>> No.5985461

>>5985193
Cultural Materialism by Marvin Harris
it is kind of like Marxism but it is based on real stuff

>> No.5985462

>buying books about marxism

>> No.5985475

>>5985461
Not OP, but I have read Cultural Anthropology by Harris and I liked it. Is this guy respected as an anthropologist?

>> No.5985494

>>5985462
>Still reading Evola

>> No.5985500

>>5985475
yes, but many like to accuse him of being reductionist (which he really isn't, i feel) and predictable pomo types don't like him as he actually tries to explain things. nevertheless his explanations have been very influential and he is very important in anthropology.

>> No.5985503

Perry Anderson

>> No.5985504

>>5985500
thank you, man

>> No.5986007

>Marxist

stopped reading right there

>> No.5986478

>>5985186
Just of all the Big British Marxist historians. E.P. Thompson, Christopher Hill, and Raymond Williams for when you're tired of /hist/ and feel like some /lit/.

>> No.5986502

>>5985186
>Deny the existance of the gulags and the atrocities of the USSR
>Still respected as a historian
>Don't ever change commie apologists

>> No.5986506

>>5985339
Lefebvre was a Marxist

>> No.5986544

>>5986502
I call bullshit on his denial of Gulags. Couldn't find a single reference about it. But it doesn't surprise me that people would pull Revisionism on him. As if you were anyone to doubt his credentials as an Historian

>> No.5986562

woah, Chompsky's looking old.

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5986586

>"Marxist historians"

>> No.5986594

>>5986586
I don't know, man, history was tainted with myths and class propaganda before the commies came along

>> No.5986598

>>5986594
Marxists have taken it to a whole new level. To them every single event in human history can be written off as being caused by class antagonism and the role of the individual is almost nonexistent. Fuck them.

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>>5986598

>> No.5986616

Why does he look like such an evil sniveling kike out to destroy western civilization?

Literally someone just kill all Jews already.

>> No.5986622

>>5986616

he was a nice old englishman and an excellent writer. In 1994, Neal Ascherson said of Hobsbawm: "No historian now writing in English can match his overwhelming command of fact and source. But the key word is 'command'. Hobsbawm's capacity to store and retrieve detail has now reached a scale normally approached only by large archives with big staffs".

>> No.5986629

>>5985189
>>5985339
>>5985462
>>5986007
>>5986502
>>5986586
>>5986594
>>5986598
>>5986616
I don't get this commune.
What is the point of contributing to thread if you not only know absolutely nothing about historical materialism and Marxism as a whole, but intend to write nothing but plain nonsense, petty fallacies and failed attempts at trolling? Can't you simply ignore the thread?

>> No.5986635

>>5986629
>implying we don't know anything about "historical materialism"
>implying we aren't recovering Marxists who have seen the light
Just stop. Save yourself the trouble and skip over Marxism entirely. It's time to graduate from 12th grade.

>> No.5986636

>>5986629
People on /lit/ are basically the same as (probably even worse than) the more social media oriented peers they disdain, in that they will do and post stupid things to get attention without thinking about it. Except those people don't go into boards about books and writing to post about shit that is not related to books and writing, and keep their content in the appropriate real life and digital channels.

>> No.5986638

>>5986629
Why did you quote me faggot

>> No.5986650

>>5986636
Truth.
Keeping your words in mind, I still wonder what on Earth keeps me interested in this stupid webpage and brings me to visit it every day.

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5986657

Why are Marxists always pug fugly?

>> No.5986665

http://www.versobooks.com/subjects/11-history
http://www.versobooks.com/books/subject/11-history

They have a whole section dedicated to this, and one ones dedicated to Sociology, Economics, ect., all of which are bound to have many authors influenced by or in the vein of Marxism and Marxist Analysis. Check reviews from professors and their peers to see how they are received.

>> No.5986673

>>5986657
Too much time studying BOOKS, being knowledgable etc. Rather that winning populist beauty contests in places like /pol/ amongst personality cultists. Would you mind going there to talk about it.

>> No.5986676

>>5986657
Just you wait, the Equal Distribution of Beauty Act is coming soon.