Commentary

• Marx, Proudhon and European Socialism

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

• “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

• Karl Marx and the Anarchists

  - Thomas, Paul. Karl Marx and the Anarchists. London: Routledge, 1980.
  From the Publisher: “Karl Marx and the Anarchists examines Marx’s disputes with the anarchist theoreticians he encountered at various stages of his career as a revolutionist. Marx’s attacks on Stirner, Proudhon, and Bakunin are shown to be… More

• Marx and Aristotle: Nineteenth-Century German Social Theory and Classical Antiquity

  - McCarthy, George E. Marx and Aristotle: Nineteenth-Century German Social Theory and Classical Antiquity. Savage, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1992.
  From the Publisher: “As the Iron Curtain was shattered recently in Eastern Europe, revealing a diversity of cultural traditions lost during the recent past, so too the curtain which has hidden Karl Marx’s writings for many years seems to be… More

• “The Socialist Polis: Antiquity and Socialism in Marx’s Thought”

  - Claudio Katz. “The Socialist Polis: Antiquity and Socialism in Marx’s Thought.” The Review of Politics, Vol. 56 (1994), pp. 237–260.
  Abstract: “The central question guiding this essay is: what does Marx’s socialism owe to classical antiquity? Underlying this question is the thesis that Marx’s studies of classical Greece supply the angle of vision necessary to bring to… More

• Paths in Utopia

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

• 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

• Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

  - Schumpeter, Joseph A. Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. New York: Harper, 2008.
  From the Publisher: “2011 Reprint of 1947 Second Edition. Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883 – 1950) was an Austrian-American economist and political scientist. He popularized the term “creative destruction” in economics. Schumpeter’s… 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