Commentary

• Marx, Proudhon and European Socialism

  - Jackson, John Hampden. Marx, Proudhon and European Socialism. New York: Collier Books, 1962.

• Essays on Marx and Russia

  - Croce, Benedetto, and Angelo A. De Gennaro. Essays on Marx and Russia. New York: F. Ungar Pub. Co., 1966.

• “Social Theory and Revolutionary Activity in Marx”

  - Gilbert, Alan. “Social Theory and Revolutionary Activity in Marx.” The American Political Science Review, Vol. 73 (1979), pp. 521–538.
  Abstract: “Economic determinist attempts to deduce specific political conclusions or strategies from Marx’s general theory do not jibe with Marx’s own extensive political activity. Instead, Marx’s development as a political theorist… More

• “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

• Ecology as Politics

  - Gorz, André. Ecology as Politics. London: Pluto Press, 1983.
  From the Publisher: “Andre Gorz, to my mind the greatest of modern French social thinkers, dares to venture where no one really has before. Fighters for democratic socialism and an ecological society have each recognized the handwriting on the wall:… More

• The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx

  - Avineri, Shlomo. The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx. London: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
  From the Publisher: “Ever since the discovery of Marx’s Early Writings, most of the literature concerned with Marx’s intellectual development has centred around the so-called gap between the ‘young’ Marx, who was considered to be… More

• 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… More

• Marxism 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… 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