Publication Date
September 2020
Publisher
De Gruyter
Language
English
Type
Book Chapter
Edited Volume
What’s Left of Marxism: Historiography and the Possibilities of Thinking with Marxian Themes and Concepts
Editors
Benjamin Zachariah, Lutz Raphael and Brigitta Bernet
Pages
291-308
Additional Information
Abstract
Have Marxian ideas been relevant or influential in the writing and interpretation of history? What are the Marxist legacies that are now re-emerging in present-day histories? This volume is an attempt at relearning what the “discipline” of history once knew – whether one considered oneself a Marxist, a non-Marxist or an anti-Marxist.
Biographical Note
Matthias Middell (SFB 1199 & Leipzig University, Germany)
Matthias Middell is a professor of cultural history at Leipzig University as well as a speaker of the SFB 1199 and director of the Global and European Studies Institute at Leipzig University. He studied history earning his PhD from Leipzig University with his research focusing on the French Revolution. Since 2013, he has served as the director of the Graduate School Global and Area Studies in Leipzig and is currently the head of the Erasmus Mundus Global Studies Consortium. He teaches regularly at partner universities and co-supervises PhD candidates with colleagues from France, South Africa, and Ethiopia. His current research interests include the history of the French Revolution from a global perspective, history of cultural transfers around the world, and the role of space in the understanding of the current world being the result of long-lasting global connections.