Gintis' criticisms of our "Theory of Transitional Conjunctures" (see page 20) are considered and the very different theoretical and political posi tions held by Gintis and ourselves are clarified. This discussion is especially rele vant since much of Marxism is concerned with political, economic...

We argue that Marx provided the basis for a far more complex class analysis of social formations than has been recognized. We find this analysis to be consistent neither with the two-class approach long prevalent in the Marxian tradition nor with recent critiques of that approach by Poulantzas,...

This paper has two parts. The first presents what the authors understand as Marx's conceptual framework for analyzing social change, Marx's science. The second seeks to exemplify the analytical power of Marx's science by means of a discussion of the transition from feudalism to capitalism. The...