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Main Currents of Marxism – The Founders, The Golden Age, The Breakdown
Leszek Kolakowski
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paperback. Leszek Kolakowski's masterpiece, one of the twentieth century's most important books-for the first time in a one-volume paperback. Translator(s): Falla, P. S. Num Pages: 1312 pages. BIC Classification: JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1598.
Renowned philosopher Leszek Kolakowski was one of the first scholars to reveal both the shortcomings and the dangers posed by communist regimes. He now presents, for the first time in one paperback volume, his definitive Main Currents of Marxism: “A prophetic work,” according to the Library of Congress, that provides “the most lucid and comprehensive history of the origins, structure, and posthumous development of the system of thought that had the greatest impact on the 20th century.”
Renowned philosopher Leszek Kolakowski was one of the first scholars to reveal both the shortcomings and the dangers posed by communist regimes. He now presents, for the first time in one paperback volume, his definitive Main Currents of Marxism: “A prophetic work,” according to the Library of Congress, that provides “the most lucid and comprehensive history of the origins, structure, and posthumous development of the system of thought that had the greatest impact on the 20th century.”
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1312
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393329438
SKU
9780393329438
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About Leszek Kolakowski
Leszek Kolakowski was the first recipient of the million-dollar John W. Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Humanities and Social Sciences, and he is the recipient of the 2007 Jerusalem Prize. He lives in Oxford, England. P. S. Falla is an English translator who has brought books over from many languages including French and Polish.
Reviews for Main Currents of Marxism – The Founders, The Golden Age, The Breakdown
"Considered the definitive work on the subject" (The New York Times), Main Currents of Marxism is now in one paperback volume. "A monument of modern humanistic scholarship... It will surely not be superseded." New York Review of Books "Leszek Kolokowki is one of the world's greatest living political philosophers and historians of ideas... Norton have reissued his magnum opus, Main ... Read more