Marxism is pivotal to leftwing thought, so here are some books to help understand itThe global financial crisis of 2008 was the catalyst for a number of trends whose endpoints remain uncertain. Home ownership is declining in both Britain and the United States, with labour markets everywhere increasingly precarious. Those changes, fused with a transformed political environment, have signalled the return of big ideas – and in unexpected ways. Even when his political conclusions were ignored, or viewed as confounded by events, Marx’s contribution to history remained widely recognised. Much modern historical analysis rests on such conclusions, from the “archeology” of Foucault to the world-systems theory of Immanuel Wallerstein.

Source: The Guardian May 04, 2018 10:52 UTC