Ellen Meiksins Wood

Ellen Meiksins Wood FRSC (April 12, 1942 January 14, 2016) was an American-Canadian Marxist political theorist and historian.

Ellen Meiksins Wood

Meiksins Wood in 2012
Born
Ellen Meiksins

(1942-04-12)April 12, 1942
New York City, New York, US
DiedJanuary 14, 2016(2016-01-14) (aged 73)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nationality
  • American
  • Canadian
Other namesEllen Wood
Spouses
  • Neal Wood
    (m. 1968; died 2003)
  • (m. 2014)
Academic background
Alma mater
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University of California, Los Angeles
ThesisEpistemological Foundations of Individualism (1970)
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science
Sub-disciplinePolitical theory
School or traditionPolitical Marxism
InstitutionsYork University
Notable works
  • The Retreat from Class (1986)
  • The Origin of Capitalism (1999)
Notable ideasPolitical Marxism
InfluencedGáspár Miklós Tamás
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