Other Works
Werke (MEW)
- Werke (MEW). Berlin: Dietz Verlag, 1956-1990.Secondary scholarly edition (German language)Gesamtausgabe: Werke, Artikel, Entwurfe (MEGA)
- Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. Gesamtausgabe: Werke, Artikel, Entwurfe (MEGA). Berlin: Dietz Verlag, 1977ff.Collected Writings in German (standard scholarly edition)The Communist Manifesto: With Seven Rare Prefaces (1848)
- Marx, Karl. The Communist Manifesto: With Seven Rare Prefaces. Samuel Moore, trans. World Library Classics, 2009.Excerpt: “The history of all hitherto existing society(2) is the history of class struggles. Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf, guild-master(3) and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to… More
Commentary
“What is Orthodox Marxism?” by Georg Lukács
- Lukács, Georg. History and Class Consciousness: Studies in Marxist Dialectics. Translated by Rodney Livingstone. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1971.Excerpt: ‘Philosophers have merely interpreted the world in different ways; the point, however, is to change it.’ Karl Marx, Theses on Feuerbach. This question, which is really quite a simple one, has become a subject of wide discussion in… MoreDe Marx Au Marxisme, 1848-1948
- Aron, Robert. De Marx Au Marxisme, 1848-1948. Editions de Flore, 1948.Marx and the Marxists by Sidney Hook
- Hook, Sidney. Marx and the Marxists: The Ambiguous Legacy. Princeton, NJ: Van Nostrand, 1955.From the Publisher: 2011 Reprint of 1955 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. In this work Sidney Hook, a distinguished scholar, examines the chief issues which have divided Marxists from… MoreFundamentals of Marxism-Leninism, Manual
- Kuusinen, O. W. Fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism, Manual. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1963.German Marxism and Russian Communism
- Plamenatz, John. German Marxism and Russian Communism. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1975.“Salvaging Marx from Avineri”
- Gilbert, Alan. “Salvaging Marx from Avineri.” Political Theory, Vol. 4 (1976), pp. 9–34.Excerpt: “UNDERLYING THE “CLASSIC” scholarly interpretation of Marx is what might be called the economic determinist hypothesis, namely that Marx viewed the course of social development as entirely governed by the development of the… MoreMarxism: An Historical and Critical Study
- Lichtheim, George. Marxism: An Historical and Critical Study. New York: Columbia University Press, 1982.From the Publisher: “”Marxism” presents an authoritative, analytic survey of the course of Marxism, from its origins in the late eighteenth century through the post-World War II period. A classic of political history, this work is the… MoreHistory, Labour, and Freedom: Themes from Marx
- Cohen, G. A. History, Labour, and Freedom: Themes from Marx. New York: Clarendon Press, 1988.From the Publisher: “Taking Karl Marx’s theory of history as their point of departure, these essays, extensively revised and rewritten for this volume, chronicle the growth of humanity’s power to produce, and the suffering that the… MoreAn Anthology of Western Marxism: From Lukács and Gramsci to Socialist-feminism
- Gottlieb, Roger S. An Anthology of Western Marxism: From Lukács and Gramsci to Socialist-feminism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.From the Publisher: “This unique anthology brings together readings from the works of the most significant post-Leninist Marxist thinkers. The selections reflect the diversity and high intellectual accomplishment of twentieth-century Marxism and show… MoreAnalytical Marxism: a Critique
- Roberts, Marcus. Analytical Marxism: a Critique. London: Verso, 1996.From the Publisher: “In the 1980s, leading philosophers at Oxford, Chicago and UCLA undertook a controversial reassessment of Marxism using the techniques of analytical philosophy. The aim of these so-called “Non-Bullshit” Marxists was no less than… MoreMain Currents in Sociological Thought, Vol. 1
- Aron, Raymond. Main Currents in Sociological Thought, Vol. 1. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction, 1998.From the Publisher: “This volume explores the work of three figures who profoundly shaped sociology as it entered the twentieth century: Emile Durkheim, Vilfredo Pareto, and Max Weber.”The Opium of the Intellectuals
- Aron, Raymond. The Opium of the Intellectuals. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction, 2001.From the Publisher: ” Raymond Aron’s 1955 masterpiece The Opium of the Intellectuals, is one of the great works of twentieth- century political reflection. Aron shows how noble ideas can slide into the tyranny of “secular religion” and… MoreSpecters of Marx: The State of the Debt, the Work of Mourning, and the New International
- Derrida, Jacques. Specters of Marx: The State of the Debt, the Work of Mourning, and the New International. London: Routledge, 2006.From the Publisher: “Prodigiously influential, Jacques Derrida gave rise to a comprehensive rethinking of the basic concepts and categories of Western philosophy in the latter part of the twentieth century, with writings central to our understanding of… MoreMain Currents of Marxism: The Founders, the Golden Age, the Breakdown
- Kolakowski, Leszek, and P. S Falla. Main Currents of Marxism: The Founders, the Golden Age, the Breakdown. New York: W.W. Norton, 2008.From the Publisher: “Renowned philosopher Leszek Kolakowski was one of the first scholars to reveal both the shortcomings and the dangers posed by communist regimes. He now presents, for the first time in one paperback volume, his definitive Main… MoreCritical Companion to Contemporary Marxism
- Bidet, Jacques, and Eustache Kouvélakis. Critical Companion to Contemporary Marxism. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2009.From the Publisher: ” The Critical Companion to Contemporary Marxism is an international and interdisciplinary volume which aims to provide a thorough and precise panorama of recent developments in Marxist theory in the US, Europe, Asia and beyond.… MoreAlasdair MacIntyre’s Engagement with Marxism: Selected Writings, 1953-1974
- MacIntyre, Alasdair C, and Paul Blackledge. Alasdair MacIntyre’s Engagement with Marxism: Selected Writings, 1953-1974. Chicago: Haymarket, 2009.From the Publisher: “Although Alasdair MacIntyre is best known today as the author of After Virtue (1981), he was, in the 1950s and 1960s, one of the most erudite members of Britain’s Marxist Left: being a militant within, first, the Communist Party,… MoreFrom Marxism to Post-Marxism?
- Therborn, Göran. From Marxism to Post-Marxism? London: Verso, 2010.From the Publisher: “In this pithy and panoramic work—both stimulating for the specialist and accessible to the general reader—one of the world’s leading social theorists, Göran Therborn, traces the trajectory of Marxism in the twentieth century… MoreHow to Change the World: Tales of Marx and Marxism
- Hobsbawm, Eric. How to Change the World: Tales of Marx and Marxism. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2011.From the Publisher: “In the 144 years since Karl Marx’s Das Kapital was published, the doctrine that bears his name has been embraced by millions in the name of equality, and just as dramatically has fallen from grace with the retreat of communism… MoreMarxism in the United States: A History of the American Left
- Buhle, Paul. Marxism in the United States: A History of the American Left, New York: Verso, 2013.From the Publisher: “A crown jewel of New Left historiography, this overview of U.S. Marxism was hailed on its first publication for its nuanced storytelling, balance and incredible sweep. Brimming over with archival finds and buoyed by the… MorePostcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital
- Chibber, Vivek. Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital. New York: Verso, 2013.From the Publisher: “Postcolonial theory has become enormously influential as a framework for understanding the Global South. It is also a school of thought popular because of its rejection of the supposedly universalizing categories of the… More