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List of Figures and Tables | |
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Preface to the Second Edition | |
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Introduction | |
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Base and Superstructure: Marx's Theory of History | |
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Introduction: Sociology Confronts History-Class as the Basis of Social Structure and the Backbone of History | |
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Is There a Logic to History? If So, What Is It? | |
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What Is the Basis of Social Structure? | |
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Have States Always Existed? | |
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Have Classes Always Existed? | |
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What Is Feudalism? What Is Liberalism? | |
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What Causes Social Movements and Social Change? | |
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Are Events Inevitable? Was the French Revolution Inevitable? | |
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What Are the Dynamics of the Modern World? | |
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What Are the Fundamental Problems of the Modern World? | |
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Are Classes in the United States Based on Exploitation? | |
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Summary and Conclusions: History, Historical Sociology, and Comparative History | |
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Surplus Value: Marx's Economics | |
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Introduction: Marxist Economics and the Science of Social Change | |
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What Is a Commodity? What Is the Labor Theory of Value? | |
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What Is Surplus Value? | |
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What Is Overproduction? How Can There Be Too Much Food, Housing, or Health Care? | |
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What Are the Dynamics of Production for Profit? | |
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Why Is There Unemployment? | |
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Who Benefits from Racism and Sexism? | |
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How Much Misery Is There in the United States? | |
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Is the United States a Land of Exceptional Mobility? Does It Matter? | |
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Why Are There Economic Depressions? | |
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Why Has the United States Been "Number 1"? | |
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Summary and Conclusions: Economics and Political Economy | |
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Class Struggle: Class, Party, and Political Theory | |
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Introduction: Economic Determinism Versus Political Processes and Ideas-A False Debate | |
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What Is the Basis of a Truly Free Society? | |
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What Are Capitalists' Political Resources under Capitalism? | |
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What Are the Crucial Political Changes in the World Today? | |
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How Does Capitalist Politics Change? | |
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What Is Fascism? | |
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What Determines Different Degrees of Destructiveness of Fascism? | |
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What Is a "Dictatorship of the Proletariat"? | |
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What Are the Main Varieties of Marxism? | |
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Why Did Socialism Collapse in the USSR and China? | |
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What Does the Collapse of Socialist World Powers Mean for Change? | |
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Summary and Conclusions: Marxist Political Theory | |
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Applying Dialectics: Some Issues in the Philosophy of Science | |
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Introduction: Dialectics-A Way of Looking at the World, or the Way the World Works? | |
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Is a Science of Society Possible? | |
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What Are the Main Sources of Error in Social Theory? | |
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Are Attempts at Neutrality a Guarantee of Objectivity? | |
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Crisis and Change | |
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Can Social Science Be Value-Neutral? Should It Be? | |
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Is Society Based on the Thoughts of Its Members? | |
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What Are Ideologies? | |
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What Contradictions Exist in Society? | |
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Can One Find Laws of Change in History? | |
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What Possibilities Are Open to Human Society? | |
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Summary and Conclusions: Contradictions, Dialectics, and Science | |
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Index | |
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About the Authors | |