Klappentext

′Men make history, but. . . they do not make it in the circumstances chosen by themselves′ (Marx). Making History is about the question, central to social theory, of how human beings and their ′circumstances′ above all social structures are related.

Zusammenfassung
Considers the problem of historical change and how we relate institutions and institutional change to actions, and how we think of history as the outcome of this process. The book takes a look at Marxist and non-Marxist positions in this debate.