Introducing Marxism

Marx’s original philosophy is set against the nineteenth-century ideas that shaped it and the radical criticism of capitalism that made it so influential. The account then follows the often ruthless legacy of Marxism through Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, and later thinkers such as Gramsci, the Frankfurt School, Althusser, Derrida, and Fukuyama.

Clear and accessible, it suits readers who want a concise overview of Marxism’s central claims and the disputes around them. It presents the movement as a political and ethical force whose meaning has changed across modern history.