Other Works

• Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right (1843)

  - Marx, Karl. Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right. Marxists.org.
  “For Germany, the criticism of religion has been essentially completed, and the criticism of religion is the prerequisite of all criticism. The profane existence of error is compromised as soon as its heavenly oratio pro aris et focis [“speech… More

• Theses on Feuerbach (1845)

  - Marx, Karl. Theses on Feuerbach. Marxists.org.
  Excerpt: “The main defect of all hitherto-existing materialism — that of Feuerbach included — is that the Object [der Gegenstand], actuality, sensuousness, are conceived only in the form of the object[Objekts], or of contemplation [Anschauung],… More

Commentary

• Meaning in History by Karl Löwith

  - Lowith, Karl. Meaning in History: The Theological Implications of the Philosophy of History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1949.  
  From the Publisher: Modern man sees with one eye of faith and one eye of reason. Consequently, his view of history is confused. For centuries, the history of the Western world has been viewed from the Christian or classical standpoint—from a deep faith in… More

• From Hegel to Nietzsche: The Revolution in 19th Century Thought

  - Lowith, Karl. From Hegel to Nietzsche: The Revolution in 19th Century Thought. New York: Columbia University Press, 1964
  From the Publisher: “Beginning with an examination of the relationship between Hegel and Goethe, Löwith discusses how Hegel’s students, particularly Marx and Kierkegaard, interpreted—-or reinterpreted—-their master’s thought,… More

• The Philosophical Foundations of Marxism

  - Dupre, Louis K. The Philosophical Foundations of Marxism. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1966.

• Studies on Marx and Hegel

  - Hyppolite, Jean. Studies on Marx and Hegel. New York: Basic Books, 1969.

• “The Modern Prince”

  - Gramsci, Antonio. “The Modern Prince,” in Selections from the Prison Notebooks, Quentin Hoare and Geoffrey Nowell Smith, ed. New York: International Publishers, 1971, pp. 313–444.

• 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

• Alienation, Praxis, and Techne in the Thought of Karl Marx

  - Axelos, Kostas. Alienation, Praxis, and Techne in the Thought of Karl Marx. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1976.

• “Marx on Aristotle: Freedom, Money, and Politics” by Harvey Mansfield

  - Mansfield, Harvey C. “Marx on Aristotle: Freedom, Money, and Politics.” The Review of Metaphysics 34, no. 2 (1980): 351–367.
  Excerpt: Marx’s debt to Aristotle is acknowledged in part 1 of Capital, admittedly the most difficult and, as will be argued, the most fundamental part of his principal work. His principal work is the one which establishes that the labor theory of value… More

• “Historical Theory and the Structure of Moral Argument in Marx”

  - Gilbert, Alan. “Historical Theory and the Structure of Moral Argument in Marx.” Political Theory, Vol. 9 (1981), pp. 173–205.
  From the Publisher: “Marx’s critique of prevailing moralities can, however, be mistakenly interpreted as denying any separable sphere of moral argument and re- flection. In this view, which I will call the historicist critique of morality, Marx… More

• “An Ambiguity in Marx’s and Engels’s Account of Justice and Equality”

  - Gilbert, Alan. “An Ambiguity in Marx’s and Engels’s Account of Justice and Equality.” The American Political Science Review, Vol. 76 (1982), pp. 328–346.
  Abstract: “Given the widespread moral conventionalism or historicism in contemporary social science and ethics, many have viewed Marx as arguing either that conceptions of justice simply shift historically and lack objectivity (relativism) or that… More

• Theory and Practice: History of a Concept from Aristotle to Marx

  - Lobkowicz, Nikolaus. Theory and Practice: History of a Concept from Aristotle to Marx. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1983.

• “Karl Marx” by Joseph Cropsey

  - Cropsey, Joseph. “Karl Marx.” In History of Political Philosophy, 3rd ed., edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, 802–822. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.

• 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

• Man and Society: Political and Social Theories from Machiavelli to Marx: Hegel, Marx and Engels, and the Idea of Progress

  - Plamenatz, John. Man and Society: Political and Social Theories from Machiavelli to Marx: Hegel, Marx and Engels, and the Idea of Progress. London: Longman, 1992.
  From the Publisher: “The classic introduction to modern political theory and the history of political thought from Machiavelli to Marx. The third voume covers Hegel, Marx and Engels and The Idea of Progress.”

• From Hegel to Marx: Studies in the Intellectual Development of Karl Marx

  - Hook, Sidney. From Hegel to Marx: Studies in the Intellectual Development of Karl Marx. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994.
  From the Publisher: “In this brilliant work, first published in 1936, Sydney Hook seeks to resolve one of the classic problems of European intellectual history: how the political radicalism and philosophical materialism of Karl Marx issued from the… More

• Reason and Revolution: Hegel and the Rise of Social Theory

  - Marcuse, Herbert. Reason and Revolution: Hegel and the Rise of Social Theory. Amherst, NY: Humanity Books, 1999.
  From the Publisher: “It is of the very definition of any “classic” work that it will not only introduce a new depth and direction of thought, but that its original insights endure. When it first appeared in 1940, Reason and Revolution by… More

• The Hegel-Marx Connection

  - Burns, Tony. The Hegel-Marx Connection. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000.
  From the Publisher: “A major and timely re-examination of key areas in the social and political thought of Hegel and Marx. The editors’ extensive introduction surveys the development of the connection from the Young Hegelians through the main… More

• “Marx’s Anomalous Reading of Spinoza”

  - Gordon Hull. “Marx’s Anomalous Reading of Spinoza.” Interpretation, Vol. 28 (2000), pp. 17–32.
  Excerpt: ” Spinoza and Marx were thinkers who attained sufficient notoriety to become associated with certain, rather fixed, doctrinal positions. For this reason, the study of Spinoza and Marx is never fully dissociable from an encounter with Spinozism… More

• Philosophy & Myth in Karl Marx

  - Tucker, Robert C. Philosophy & Myth in Karl Marx. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2001.
  From the Publisher: ” In Karl Marx’s early writing (first made available many years after his death) his economic interpretation of history and his concept of communism were set in a comprehensive philosophical framework. Marx’s main… More

• The Young Karl Marx: German Philosophy, Modern Politics, and Human Flourishing

  - Leopold, David. The Young Karl Marx: German Philosophy, Modern Politics, and Human Flourishing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
  From the Publisher: “The Young Karl Marx is an innovative and important study of Marx’s early writings. These writings provide the fascinating spectacle of a powerful and imaginative intellect wrestling with complex and significant issues, but… More

• Main 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… More

• The General Will: Rousseau, Marx, Communism

  - Levine, Andrew. The General Will: Rousseau, Marx, Communism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
  From the Publisher: “This bold and unabashedly utopian book advances the thesis that Marx’s notion of communism is a defensible, normative ideal. However, unlike many others who have written in this area, Levine applies the tools and techniques of… More

• Alasdair 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,… More