| This is a case study of how a highly sophisticated, and in several ways an elegant, Marxist theory was constructed and how a theory group, composed of highly visible and prestigious academicians was formed. The dissertation consists of two parts: first a study of the philosophical, methodological and social theoretical dimensions of the Analytical Marxist theory; and second, a sociology of science/sociology of knowledge examination of the group, social and communicative relationships, dynamics and linkages that developed between Analytical Marxists themselves. I conclude that Analytical Marxists successfully constructed a late twentieth century Marxist theory which overcame the traditional marginality of Marxism in the Anglo-American academy, achieving, in the end, academic status and recognition. All of this took place in an era of turbulence and change in the social science academy. |
