Category Archives: Karl Marx

Marcello Musto, The Last Years of Karl Marx: An Intellectual Biography – Stanford University Press, July 2020; and New Books discussion

Posted on September 17, 2023 by stuartelden

Marcello Musto, The Last Years of Karl Marx: An Intellectual Biography – Stanford University Press, July 2020 There is a New Books discussion between the author, David Norman Smith, Peter Audis and Sean Sayers, moderated by Morteza Hajizadeh here. An … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre’s 1939 book on Nietzsche and the ‘Liste Otto’ – which books of his were banned?

Posted on July 3, 2023 by stuartelden

Update June 2025: a revised and expanded version of this post is here. About twenty years ago, in an essay on Henri Lefebvre, I said that his book on Nietzsche (1939) was on the prohibited ‘Liste Otto’. These were books … Continue reading →

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Karl Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program, trans. Kevin B. Anderson and Karel Ludenhoff – PM Press, October 2022

Posted on December 23, 2022 by stuartelden

Karl Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program, trans. Kevin B. Anderson and Karel Ludenhoff – PM Press, October 2022 Marx’s Critique of the Gotha Program is a revelation. It offers the fullest elaboration of his vision for a communist future, free from … Continue reading →

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Ludovico Silva, Marx’s Literary Style – Verso, January 2023

Posted on December 19, 2022 by stuartelden

Ludovico Silva, Marx’s Literary Style – Verso, January 2023 Update: Verso editor Sebastian Budgen comments on the book here A true understanding of Marx’s work requires a careful study of his literary choices

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Don Munro, Marx’s Theory of Land, Rent and Cities – Edinburgh University Press, 2022 (hardback and open access e-book)

Posted on December 13, 2022 by stuartelden

Don Munro, Marx’s Theory of Land, Rent and Cities – Edinburgh University Press, 2022 (hardback and open access e-book) Note that adding the pdf to a basket doesn’t work; but if you scroll down the page there are links to … Continue reading →

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David Harvey, A Companion to Marx’s Grundrisse – Verso, February 2023

Posted on September 16, 2022 by stuartelden

David Harvey, A Companion to Marx’s Grundrisse – Verso, February 2023 Update: editor Sebastian Budgen discusses the book here.

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Henri Lefebvre, From the Rural: Economy, Sociology, Geography – a new collection of writings forthcoming with University of Minnesota Press, 2022

Posted on March 15, 2021 by stuartelden

Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton – Henri Lefebvre, From the Rural: Economy, Sociology, Geography – a new collection of writings forthcoming with University of Minnesota Press, 2022 [update: the University of Minnesota Press page for On the Rural is here] (cross-posted … Continue reading →

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Books received – Rose, Balibar, Martinet, Lévi-Strauss, Harker, Dumézil

Posted on February 15, 2021 by stuartelden

Books for the Foucault research, along with a few in recompense for review work for Verso, and Christopher Harker, Spacing Debt: Obligations, Violence, and Endurance in Ramallah, Palestine, sent by Duke University Press, and the new translation of Claude Lévi-Strauss, Wild … Continue reading →

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Marcello Musto, The Last Years of Karl Marx: An Intellectual Biography – Stanford University Press, July 2020

Posted on January 20, 2021 by stuartelden

Marcello Musto, The Last Years of Karl Marx: An Intellectual Biography – Stanford University Press, July 2020 An innovative reassessment of the last writings and final years of Karl Marx. In the last years of his life, Karl Marx expanded … Continue reading →

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Thomas Nail, Marx in Motion: A New Materialist Marxism – Oxford UP, August 2020

Posted on May 29, 2020 by stuartelden

Thomas Nail, Marx in Motion: A New Materialist Marxism – Oxford University Press, August 2020 More details and discount codes at Thomas Nail’s blog. Karl Marx is the most historically foundational and systematic critic of capitalism to date, and the … Continue reading →

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