Invention of Marxism - How an Idea Changed Everything

Exploring the lives of their earliest exponents, Christina Morina's book shows how Karl Marx's ideas were read, debated, adapted, and adopted in socialist movements across Europe in the years after his death, and how a theory of capitalisn grew into a political philosophy that shaped the history of the 20th century.

About the author

Christina Morina is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Bielefeld. Her research focuses on major themes in 19th and 20th century German and European history, especially World War II, the Holocaust and bystander history, political and memory cultures in Germany since 1945, the history of Marxism, and the history of historiography.

Summary

Exploring the lives of their earliest exponents, Christina Morina's book shows how Karl Marx's ideas were read, debated, adapted, and adopted in socialist movements across Europe in the years after his death, and how a theory of capitalisn grew into a political philosophy that shaped the history of the 20th century.

Product details

• Authors: Morina , Christina Morina, Christina (Professor of Modern and Contemp Morina, Morina Christina
• Assisted by: Elizabeth Janik (Translation), Janik Elizabeth (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9780190062736
• ISBN: 978-0-19-006273-6
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; History of Ideas, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Politics & government, Political Economy, Economic systems and structures, Economic systems & structures, Politics and government, Biography: historical, political and military