First published in French, this book by Tony Andréani, a prolific French Marxist scholar, summarises decades of research on Karl Marxs theory of historical materialism.
Written to further debate among scholars and beyond, Andréani develops the fundamental concepts of the Marxist theory of history as they apply to any society, particularly the so-called economic concepts, in their opposition to neo-classical theory and to reductive readings common among Marxist authors. He later discusses the theory of modes of production to then sketch an analysis of the course of history, which is the subject of much debate among Marxist historians. In the latter parts of this book, the reader will learn more about the origin of inequalities, historical dialectics, and the perspectives of socialism.
The publication of Matérialisme Historique: Les concepts fondamentaux revisités (Paris: lHarmattan, 2022) in an English translation with updates will be welcomed by scholars familiar with the French edition and eager to have Tony Andréanis original vision on the basic concepts of historical materialism made available to Anglophone audiences.
Preface. Introduction, an Overview.
Chapter 1: Concrete labour and
abstract labour
Chapter
2. The labour process I. The productive force of
labour
Chapter
3. The labour process II. The relation between workers and the
means of labour
Chapter
4. The labour process III. Cooperation
Chapter
5. The
labour process IV. Productive labour and unproductive labour
Chapter
6. The
process of value production and distribution
Chapter
7. The processes of
socio-economic reproduction
Chapter
8. The socio-economic superstructure
Chapter
9. Effects of the mode of production on the natural environment
Chapter
10. Free time and the consumption process
Chapter
11. The
political-ideological superstructure
Chapter
12. Classless modes of
production
Chapter
13. Class-based modes of production
Chapter
14. Social
classes
Chapter
15. The psycho-social origins of inequalities
Chapter
16. The
course of history: A sketch
Chapter
17. Global systems
Chapter
18. Negative
and positive dialectics in history
Chapter
19. The prospect of socialism
Tony Andréani, PhD in philosophy, is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Paris VIII. His major works include De la société à lhistoire (two volumes, Paris: Editions Meridiens-Klincksieck, 1989), Discours sur légalité parmi les hommes (Paris: Editions LHarmattan, 1993), Un être de raison, critique de lhomo Oeconomicus (Paris: Editions Syllepse, 2000), Socialisme est (a)venir, (two volumes, Paris: Editions Syllepse, 2001 and 2004), and Ten Essays for a 21st Century Socialism (London: Routledge, 2025).
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