Understanding History: Marxist Essays

Answering defenders of the status quo, George Novack explains: how the social organisation of labour has shaped the evolution of society, technology and human nature; how capitalism arose and why this exploitative system is historically outdated; why revolutionary change in society and human development is fundamental to social and cultural progress. Novack discusses the role of the individual in history, major historical theories from the Greeks to the modern day, and how capitalism has forged a single world.