Defeated in the East and discredited in the West, Marxism has
broken down as an ideology and as a guide to governance. But, for
all its flaws, it remains an important tool for understanding and
raising questions about key aspects of modern life. In "Marxism and
the City" Ira Katznelson critically assesses the scholarship on
cities that has developed within Marxism in the past quarter of a
century to show how some of the most important weaknesses in
Marxism as a social theory can be remedied by forcing it to engage
seriously with cities and spatial concerns. He argues that such a
Marxism still has a significant contribution to make to the
discussion of such historical questions as the transition from
feudalism to a world composed of capitalist economies and
nation-states, and the acquiescence of the Western working classes
to capitalism. Professor Katznelson demonstrates how a Marxism that
embraces complexity, and is open to engagement with other
social-theoretical traditions can illuminate our understanding of
cities and of the patterns of class and group formation that have
characterized urban life in the West. Ira Katznelson is the author
of "Black Men, White Cities", "The Politi
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