Commentary

• From Rousseau to Lenin: Studies in Ideology and Society

  - Colletti, Lucio. From Rousseau to Lenin: Studies in Ideology and Society. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1972.
  From the Publisher: “This collection of Colletti’s (1924-2001) principal Marxist essays will be welcomed by non-Italian readers. Colletti’s concern as a Marxist was twofold: to interpret Marxism as profoundly and as flexibly as possible; and… More

• The Cambridge Companion to Marx

  - Carver, Terrell, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Marx. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
  From the Publisher: “Marx was a highly original and polymathic thinker, unhampered by disciplinary boundaries, whose intellectual influence has been enormous. Yet in the wake of the collapse of Marxism-Leninism in Eastern Europe the question arises as… More

• Paths in Utopia

  - Buber, Martin. Paths in Utopia. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1996.

• The Dawn of Universal History: Selected Essays from a Witness to the Twentieth Century

  - Aron, Raymond. The Dawn of Universal History: Selected Essays from a Witness to the Twentieth Century. New York: Basic Books, 2003.
  Excerpt: “In this collection of newly translated essays, philosopher and sociologist Raymond Aron chronicles the twentieth century with the authority of an active participant. Combining objectivity with incisive questioning, Aron’s reading of… More

• The Origins of Totalitarianism

  - Arendt, Hannah. The Origins of Totalitarianism. Memphis: General Books, 2010.
  From the Publisher: “The Origins of Totalitarianism begins with the rise of anti-Semitism in central and western Europe in the 1800s and continues with an examination of European colonial imperialism from 1884 to the outbreak of World War I. Arendt… More

• The Open Society and Its Enemies

  - Popper, Karl. The Open Society and Its Enemies. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013.
  From the Publisher: ” One of the most important books of the twentieth century, Karl Popper’s The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of… More