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This sociological critique of the ‘philosophy of praxis’ looks at the importance of the concept in the social theory of leading influential Western Marxists such as Lukács, Gramsci, Korsch, Horkheimer, Marcuse and Adorno in the inter-war period. It offers a detailed critique of Marx and Hegel,...

Divergent Paths is the first volume of a groundbreaking three-volume work. Its purpose is to explore the relationship between Hegel and Marx; to define the relationship between Hegel and Engels; and to distinguish between the theories of Marxism and Engelsism. Marx used Feuerbach towards the critique...

5 Oeuvres de Jules Guesde Homme politique socialiste français (1845-1922) Ce livre numérique présente une collection de 5 Oeuvres de Jules Guesde éditées en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement...

Quando discuti con un avversario prova a metterti nei suoi panni, lo comprenderai meglio... Ho seguito questo consiglio ma i panni dei miei avversari erano così sudici che ho concluso: è meglio essere ingiusto qualche volta che provare di nuovo questo schifo che fa svenire. Antonio Gramsci

L'importance de la question a à peine besoin d'être rappelée. Beaucoup d'anarchistes et de penseurs en général, tout en reconnaissant les immenses avantages que le communisme peut offrir à la société, voient dans cette forme d'organisation sociale un danger pour la liberté et le libre développement...

Some political commentators have started to say that the American Right acts on its id, not on its ego of “principled” conservatism. But what does this mean? In The Right’s Road to Serfdom, first-time author Christopher F. Arndt unpacks the riddle. The conservatism that drives the American Right...

Scrivere su Marx sperando di essere assolutamente originali vorrebbe dire essere non solo presuntuosi, ma dichiarare di non conoscere nemmeno nominalmente la grande mole di opere che sul tema sono state scritte durante il secolo scorso. Ma un pensiero che parla della libertà come processo continuo...

Philosophy of Praxis examines the work of four Marxist thinkers, the early Marx and Lukács, and the Frankfurt School philosophers Adorno and Marcuse. The book holds that fundamental philosophical problems are in reality social problems, abstractly conceived. This argument has two implications: on...

What is the primary source of the world’s discontent, of all the toxins that poison the progress of humanity? What is the social unit by which the Power Elite enforce their policy of divide and rule to ensure that the people never rise up and overthrow them? What is the mechanism for the transmission...

The Devil’s Chessboard is a well-researched, insightful read into the life and legacy of Allen Dulles and the CIA. It gives numerous examples of how Dulles was not simply content to stay on American soil to fulfill American interests. As the director and founder of the CIA, Dulles exerts enormous...

Andrew Rawnsley's bestselling book lifts the lid on the second half of New Labour's spell in office, with riveting inside accounts of all the key events from 9/11 and the Iraq War to the financial crisis and the parliamentary expenses scandal; and entertaining portraits of the main players as Rawnsley...

This volume provides the best single introduction to date on the history of U.S. Trotskyism, providing both a clear narrative of that history along with in-depth explorations and analyses of its various facets. The fact that the book offers highly informed yet different perspectives from three...

Karl Marx famously wrote in The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon that history repeats itself, “first as tragedy, then as farce.” The Cold War waged between the United States and Soviet Union from 1945 until the latter's dissolution in 1991 was a great tragedy, resulting in millions of civilian...

Patrice Lumumba was a fiery centrist whose goal was to unite the Congo's tribal factions into one governing body. My e-book looks at his rise to power beginning in 1951, his imprisonment for embezzlement, and his ambition for a unified African country. Lumumba can be described as non religious. His...