Marxism: An Historical and Critical Study

Marxism: An Historical and Critical Study (1961; second edition 1964) is a book by the socialist intellectual George Lichtheim, in which the author provides a study of the development of Marxism from its origins to 1917.[1] It has been seen as a classic work.

Marxism: An Historical and Critical Study
Cover of the first edition
AuthorGeorge Lichtheim
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMarxism
Published1961
PublisherRoutledge & Kegan Paul Ltd
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages412 (1971 fourth impression)
ISBN978-0710046451

Publication history

Marxism: An Historical and Critical Study was first published in 1961 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. In 1964, it was published in a revised second edition.[2]

Reception

Marxism: An Historical and Critical Study has been praised by authors such as the historian Peter Gay,[3] the political scientist David McLellan,[1] the political theorist Terrell Carver,[4] and the historian of science Roger Smith.[5] Gay described the book as one of the best discussions of alienation in the literature on Marx and Hegel.[3] Carver identified the work as a classic.[4] Smith wrote that "though sometimes criticized in detail", the work helps locate Marx "in the left political movements of the nineteenth century".[5]

See also

References
  1. McLellan 1995, p. 441.
  2. Lichtheim 2015, p. iv.
  3. Gay 1986, p. 458.
  4. Carver 1995, p. 214.
  5. Smith 1997, p. 954.

Bibliography
Books
  • Carver, Terrell (1995). "Guide to Further Reading". Karl Marx: His Life and Environment. London: Fontana Press. ISBN 0-00-686339-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Gay, Peter (1986). The Bourgeois Experience Victoria to Freud. Volume II: The Tender Passion. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-503741-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Lichtheim, George (2015). Marxism: An Historical and Critical Study. Milton Park: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-71310-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • McLellan, David (1995). Karl Marx: A Biography. London: Papermac. ISBN 0-333-63947-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Smith, Roger (1997). The Norton History of the Human Sciences. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-31733-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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