On The Formation Of Marxism

Features in Historical Materialism Features in the International Socialist Review Promotion targeting left academic journals Published to coincide with the annual Historical Materialism conference Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author's speaking engagements

In this gripping new intellectual biography, Jukka Gronow examines Karl Kautsky’s influence on the European labor movement.Karl Kautsky was, for three decades before the First World War, the main authority on the intellectual heritage of Marx and Engels. His interpretation of Marx's Capital and the basic laws and contradictions of capitalism was the reference point for both the foes and allies of Social Democracy.