Ebook: Holding Fast to an Image of the Past: Explorations in the Marxist Tradition

Davidson discusses how Marxism can retain a sense of historical tradition without becoming fossilized.;Preface; Chapter 1: Tom Nairn and the Inevitability of Nationalism; Chapter 2: Marx and Engels on the Scottish Highlands; Chapter 3: The Prophet, His Biographer, and the Watchtower; Chapter 4: There's No Place Like the United States Today; Chapter 5: Carnival, March, Riot; Chapter 6: Alasdair MacIntyre as a Marxist; Chapter 7: Reimagined Communities; Chapter 8: Walter Benjamin and the Classical Marxist Tradition; Chapter 9: Shock and Awe; Chapter 10: Antonio Gramsci's Reception in Scotland; Chapter 11: Women and the Lost World of Scottish Communism.