Main Currents of Marxism: Its Origins, Growth and Dissolution (Three Volumes) - 1. The Founders, 2. The Golden Age, 3. The Breakdown
Softcover
1982 · Oxford
by Kolakowski, Leszek
Oxford: OUP, 1982. Reprint. Softcover. All internally VG+ (unmarked, clean, tight but with a bit of age toning to page margins). Covers have some age toning and a spot or two but all with unbroken spines and no major flaws. Possibly an unused set.. Turquoise glossy wraps with illustration bw lettering. Vol. 1: Orange title lettering; 434 pp.; Vol. 2: Yellow title lettering; 542 pp.; Vol. 3: Bright blue lettering; 548 pp.; no volumes contain any illustrations. Vol. 1 examines the origins of Marxism, tracing its descent, through Hegel and the Enlightenment, from the neo-Platonists, showing Marx's development of thought and divergence from other forms of socialism. Vol. 2 discusses the doctrine of the leading Marxists and controversies among them in the era of the 2nd International, including Kautsky, Rosa Luxemburg, Plekhanov, Lenin, and Georges Sorel. Vol. 3 includes an analysis of Stalinism and a discussion of the impact of Marxism on Soviet culture, examining the contributions of Trotsky, Gramsci, Lukacs, Marcuse and others, while tracing the developments in Marxism since the Second World War. (Inventory #: 149338)