Marxism and the City

Marxism and the City PDF Author: Ira Katznelson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198279248
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 333

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Book Description
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.