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In the third of his five pieces on Uneven but Combined Development, Neil Davidson looks at the application of the theory to England, Scotland,...
revolutionary reflections | Uneven and Combined Development: Modernity, Modernism, Revolution (2):...
In this second part to his series of five pieces for revolutionary reflections Neil Davidson explores the aesthetic and political dimensions of the theory...
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revolutionary reflections | Notes on Capital and the State: part 2
In the second of a three part series Colin Barker continues his investigation into the relationship between capital and the state.
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