by P. Blackledge (Editor), G. Kirkpatrick (Editor)
Historical Materialism and Social Evolution brings together a collection of essays which investigate the relationship between Marxist thought and Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Each of the contributors emphasize the idea that the distinctive character of progressive social thought is derived from creative ideas drawn from the study of natural evolutionary processes.
Author Biography
TED BENTON Lecturer in Sociology, University of Essex ALEX CALLINICOS Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of York ALAN CARLING Lecturer, Department of Interdisciplinary Human Studies, University of Bradford PAUL NOLAN PhD, Birkbeck College, University of London TONY SMITH Lecturer in Philosophy, Iowa State University GUISSEPPE TASSONE Lecturer, University of York