March 1, 2025
In this excerpt from Ellen Meiksins Wood’s In Defense of History, Wood appraises the state of postmodern thought in the late twentieth century. “Today’s postmodernism,” Wood writes, “for all of its apparently defeatist pessimism, is still rooted in the ‘Golden Age of Capitalism.’ It’s time to leave that legacy behind and face today’s realities.”
September 1, 1999
Ellen Meiksins Wood‘s most recent book is The Origin of Capitalism (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1999). Note: The following is based on a talk given in South Africa in… READ MORE
July 1, 1999
Ellen Meiksins Wood‘s most recent book is The Origin of Capitalism (NewYork: Monthly ReviewPress, 1999). The word “capitalism” is typically applied to a very wide and diverse range of cases—from… READ MORE
June 1, 1999
Ellen Meiksins Wood is one of the editors of Monthly Review. Her most recent book is The Origin of Capitalism (Monthly ReviewPress, 1999). Note: We have no way of knowing… READ MORE
October 1, 1998
Ellen Meiksins Wood is co-editor of Monthly Review. This article is a modified version of a paper written for the Conference on the 150th anniversary of the CommunistManifesto(Paris,May1998). � Change… READ MORE
July 1, 1998
Ellen Meiksins Wood is co-editor of Monthly Review. � One of the most well established conventions of Western culture is the association of capitalism with cities. Capitalism is supposed to… READ MORE
May 1, 1998
The Communist Manifesto is just that: a manifesto. It is not a long and comprehensive scholarly study but a public declaration of a political program, a short and dramatic statement… READ MORE
November 1, 1997
Richard B. Du Boff is professor of economics at Bryn Mawr College; Edward S. Herman is professor emeritus of finance, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. In “Globalization Is An Issue…. READ MORE
November 1, 1997
Ellen Meiksins Wood is co-editor of Monthly Review. � I’m taking the liberty of appending this note because, though Du Boff and Herman’s article is directed mainly at Bill Tabb,… READ MORE
July 1, 1997
Ellen Meiksins Wood is co-editor of Monthly Review. After a long period of sustained attack by governments of various stripes, a steady deterioration of working and living standards, and declines… READ MORE
