Main Currents of Marxism
The Founders - The Golden Age - The Breakdown
Published on 17. January 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
1312 pages
978-0-393-32943-8 (ISBN)
Description
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 Currents of Marxism: "A prophetic work," according to the Library of Congress, that provides "the most lucid and comprehensive history of the origins, structure, and posthumous development of the system of thought that had the greatest impact on the 20th century."
Reviews / Votes
"Considered the definitive work on the subject" (The New York Times), Main Currents of Marxism is now in one paperback volume. "A monument of modern humanistic scholarship... It will surely not be superseded." New York Review of Books "Leszek Kolokowki is one of the world's greatest living political philosophers and historians of ideas... Norton have reissued his magnum opus, Main Currents of Marxism, in a handsome single volume." Timothy Garton Ash, Books of the Year, The Times Literary Supplement "...indispensable... an unmatched encyclopaedia of a major passage in Western intellectual history, but the enduring interest of this masterly volume does not come chiefly from the mass of useful information it provides. Instead, it lies in Kolokowski's devastating assessment of Marx's thought." John Gray, The Times Higher Education Supplement"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 48 mm
Weight
1580 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-32943-8 (9780393329438)
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Persons
Leszek Kolakowski was the first recipient of the million-dollar John W. Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Humanities and Social Sciences, and he is the recipient of the 2007 Jerusalem Prize. He lives in Oxford, England. P. S. Falla is an English translator who has brought books over from many languages including French and Polish.