Chris Harman

In this major new work, Harman looks at the history of the last five millenia and argues, with an encyclopaedic use of historical evidence, that society has been divided between classes over this entire period.

A People's History of the World

Faced with the credit crunch, some economic commentators began talking about 'zombie banks' - financial institutions that were incapable of fulfilling any positive function and represented a threat to everyone else. Chris Harman now argues that capitalism as a whole is a zombie system - dead to achieving human goals but capable of sudden spurts of activity that cause chaos. He shows that the roots of the current crisis lie not financial speculation but much deeper - in a crisis of profitability.

Global Crisis and the Relevance of Marx

Zombie Capitalism

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The swastika first entered modern history in the uniforms of the German counterrevolutionary troops of 1918 to 1923—and because of the defeat in Germany, Russia fell into the isolation that gave Stalin his road to power. Here, Chris Harman unearths the history of the lost revolution in Germany, and reveals its lessons for the future struggles for a better world.

Germany 1918 to 1923

The Lost Revolution

Leon Trotsky

Tony Cliff

Duncan Hallas

Party and Class

The year 1968 was a watershed. Millions of workers in France struck in protest at police violence, the black ghettos in the United States rose in protest at the assassination of Martin Luther King, and it was the year of the Prague Spring when students and workers rose against Stalinism, only to be crushed by Russian Tanks. Substantially revised and updated to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the revolt, this work analyses the period and draws lessons from the events of 1968 that will still have relevance today.

1968 and After

The Fire Last Time

الاقتصاد المجنون

Marxism and History

انهيار النموذج السوفيتي

إنجلس وأصل المجتمع البشري

Gramsci Versus Reformism

Economics of the Madhouse

The Prophet and the Proletariat

كما صنعه الجنس البشري من العصر الحجري إلى الألفية الجديدة

تاريخ شعبي للعالم

Chris Harman, insanlığın, Taş Çağı'ndan Büyük Roma İmparatorluğu'na, Orta Çağ'dan Aydınlanma'ya, Sanayi Devrimi'nden 21. yüzyıla uzanan büyük yürüyüşünü halklar açısından, “aşağıdan” bir tarih çalışmasıyla anlatıyor. Yoğun ve akıcı bu kitap, insanlık tarihinin belli başlı aşamalarını, toplum biçimlerini, siyasal yapılanmaları, savaşları ve sınıf çatışmalarını parlak bir şekilde özetliyor. Tarihin izlediği yolu, sıradan insanların ortak insani hedefler peşinde koşarken karmaşık toplumlar kurmasının ve yeniden kurmasının hikâyesi olarak ele alıyor. Chris Harman, hayranlık uyandırıcı eserinde, günümüz kapitalizminin kayıtsızlığını da gözler önüne seriyor ve daha önce hiç olmadığı kadar acılar ve eşitsizliklerle bölünmüş günümüz dünyasında kapitalizmin neden daha uzun süre ayakta kalmaması gerektiğinin kanıtlarını sunuyor. İddialı, kışkırtıcı ve çarpıcı bir kitap olan Halkların Dünya Tarihi, geleneksel tarih anlayışının yanlışlarını düzeltirken, iktidarların oluşturduğu köpükleri aşan dip akıntıya, derin insanlık dalgalarına dair güçlü bir fikir veriyor. Bu yetkin çalışma, toplumdaki değişimle, gelişimle ve kökten değişim olasılıklarıyla ilgilenen herkesin mutlaka okuması gereken bir eser. “Pek çok insan bana, ABD Halklarının Tarihi kitabıma benzer bir dünya tarihi bulunup bulunmadığını soruyor. Onlara her zaman, bu zor işi başarmış olan tek bir kitap olduğu cevabını veriyorum: Bu, Chris Harman'ın Halkların Dünya Tarihi kitabıdır.” Howard Zinn

Taş Devri'nden Yeni Binyıla

Halkların Dünya Tarihi

How Marxism Works

Without understanding the defeat of the German Revolution, the great barbarisms that swept Europe in the 1930s cannot be understood.

“Compelling . . . [a] classic study of the revolutionary process” (Neil Davidson, author of How Revolutionary Were the Bourgeois Revolutions?). As the First World War was about to end in defeat, German sailors began to mutiny—giving voice to the widespread anger against the elites who had led the nation into war and the calamitous impact of that decision on everyday people. The events that followed would eventually result in the parliamentary democracy known as the Weimar Republic—and the socialists who had initially risen up would be attacked by German counterrevolutionary troops, their uniforms marking the debut of a new symbol: the swastika. Because of the socialists’ defeat in Germany, Russia fell into the isolation that gave Stalin his road to power. Here, Chris Harman unearths the history of the lost revolution in Germany and reveals its lessons for the future struggles for a better world. “Chris Harman’s compelling analysis of the failed German Revolution covers the entire period from 1918 to the debacle of 1923, paying close attention to episodes such as the Bavarian Soviet Republic which are often neglected or minimized. Harman clearly demonstrates that this example of ‘lost revolution’ was the real turning point in German history when history failed to turn, with dire consequences.” —Neil Davidson, author of Discovering the Scottish Revolution

In this accessible and jargon free book Chris Harman gets to grips with the underlying forces which drive world capitalism.

Chris Harman

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