This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Although there is no biography in any volume of this work, I was able to find out a little about its author, Polish philosopher Leszek Kolakowski, from an encyclopedia, which describes him as a Marxist revisionist. The commanding study of Marxism, now in one masterful volume with a new preface and epilogue by the author.From philosopher Leszek Kolakowski, one of the giants of twentieth-century intellectual history, comes this highly influential study of Marxism. Kolakowski surveys a vast literature without ending up overwhelmend by it or overwhelming the reader. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 February 2012. 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. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Compre online Main Currents of Marxism: The Founders, the Golden Age, the Breakdown, de Kolakowski, Leszek na Amazon. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide, This PDF is available to Subscribers Only. Frete GRÁTIS em milhares de produtos com o Amazon Prime. Main Currents Of Marxism, by Kolakowski, Leszek ( 2007 ) Paperback: Books - Amazon.ca. I was enthralled by Kolakowski's acute philosophical criticism of the various modern outgrowths of Marx - so idealised by both myself and my friends on the Left. by Oxford University Press, USA, Main Currents of Marxism: Its Rise, Growth and Dissolution Volume 2: The Golden Age. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Read 9 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Main Currents of Marxism: The Founders - The Golden Age - The Breakdown, Choose from over 13,000 locations across the UK, Prime members get unlimited deliveries at no additional cost, Dispatch to this address when you check out. : Selected Essays (Penguin Modern Classics), Main Currents of Marxism: The Founders v. 1: Its Rise, Growth and Dissolution (Oxford Paperbacks) by Leszek Kolakowski (30-Jun-1981) Paperback, Main Currents of Marxism: The Golden Age v. 2: Its Rise, Growth and Dissolution (Oxford Paperbacks) by Leszek Kolakowski (1981-12-26), Why is There Something Rather Than Nothing? Unable to add item to List. In some places, it is heavy going but if the reader can stick with it, the insights into philosophy underpinning Marxism are worthwhile. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. The Golden Age (Main Currents of Marxism, Vol. Read Main Currents of Marxism: The Golden Age v. 2: Its Rise, Growth and Dissolution (Oxford Paperbacks) book reviews & author details and more at Amazon.in. "The Golden Age" deals with the various contributions of Kautsky, Bernstein and other relatively less well known writers but at the heart of this part is the Russian contributors ie Plekhanov and Lenin, and here the examination turns from the analysis of the ideas to a straight examination of the Bolshevik and then Stalinist ideas in practise - perhaps not that original but still worth reading for the author`s insights - he was a Professor of Philosophy at Warsaw University into the 1960s. Instead, it lies in Kolokowski's devastating assessment of Marx's thought." 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After being expelled from the Communist Party, he left Poland and began working on his three-volume 'handbook' of Marxism: "Main Currents of Marxism: Its Origin, Growth, and Dissolution," which was completed in the 1970s. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Amazon.in - Buy Main Currents of Marxism: The Founders v. 1: Its Rise, Growth and Dissolution book online at best prices in India on Amazon.in. Main Currents of Marxism: | | Main Currents of Marxism: Its Origins, Growth and Dissolution | | ... World Heritage Encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. Some credit has to be given to the translator, PN Falla, for the solid and unobtrusive writing style. 2). It is specially good in the first 150 pages, when it tells the intelectual history of Marxism - how Karl Marx goes, and takes from, Epycurus to Hegel and concludes with The Capital. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 May 2013. It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 May 2015, Historical encyclopaedia of the existent communism- this ever lasting plague of society- by a philosopher, Historian somehow -insider, who lived the perversion and the triumph of the words over the facts.By his insurmountable unprecedented Work, there is a triumph of the accomplished facts over the words which have decorated the rottenness of Communism Pseudo History, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 March 2013. Compre online Main Currents Of Marxism, de Kolakowski, Leszek na Amazon. 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