Marxism and Historiography e-bog

Eminent Italian historian Giovanni Levi once notably remarked that "e;no one is a Marxist anymore,"e; pointing to a paradox in Italian cultural history. While what is called "e;Marxism"e; was supposedly hegemonic over Italian culture, and especially history writing, for decades in the postwar period, it then seems to have suddenly disappeared.  This study questions such a vision of a monolithic and hegemonic Marxism. It starts from the most effective anecdote to all ideologising narratives-that is, research into the texts themselves. It sees the Marxist historiography of the post-1945 period as a "e;history in the making,"e; in which references to Marxian theory were a fundamental factor driving historiographical innovation. This allows the book to bring to light a highly original experience in the development of historiography, based on the long Italian tradition of reflection on historical knowledge.