In these probing analytical essays, John Marot applies Robert Brenner's analysis of pre-capitalist modes of production to early Soviet attempts at revolutionary transformation, concluding that none of
Paul Mattick’s life stretched across some of the most eventful moments of the twentieth centuryfrom the German revolution of 1918-1923 to the Great Depressionand the influence of his ideas, despite th
This volume offers a substantial selection of some the most significant writings on by Manuel Sacristan, Spain’s most important Marxist philosopher. From discussions of Marx’s intellectual development
In this far-reaching and insightful work, Vasant Kaiwar analyzes the political, economic, and ideological cross-currents that have shaped and informed postcolonial studies. Kaiwar mobilizes Marxism to
Through a careful textual analysis of the writings of Lenin and his contemporary, Shandro traces the ways in which Lenin’s political practice and theory led him to the philosophical fact’ of hegemony.
The German Left and the Weimar Republic illuminates the history of the political left by presenting original documents on various aspects of socialist and communist activity in Germany. This collectio
Much has been written since Capital was published about Marx's irrelevance. This has often been attributed to his unworkable method of inquiry. Going against this current, this book introduces the mos
Short Listed for the 2011 Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial PrizeUnable to analyze the dynamics of specific forms of social labour in the antebellum U.S., most historians of the US Civil War have ig
Available in English for the first time, this masterwork is widely regarded as the single most important book on Nietzsche.Perhaps no philosopher is more of a conundrum than Nietzsche, the solitary re
In a work centered on Marx's harsh biography of Simon Bolivar, Jose Arico examines why Latin America was apparently 'excluded' from Marx's thought, challenging the allegation that this expressed some
Winner of the 2011 Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial PrizeDrawing on folklore, literature and popular culture, this book links tales of monstrosity from England to recent vampire- and zombie-fables
During the twentieth century the problem of post-revolutionary bureaucracy emerged as the most pressing theoretical and political concern confronting Marxism. No one contributed more to the discussion