Traces the development of Marxian theory and gives an account of the manner in which the tradition arose and shows how the Marxian synthesis appears as the historical counterpoint to the liberal in…
A comprehensive and systematic account of the ways in which Marx and Engels and their immediate followers made use of the conception of ideology.
This article outlines the place of Eastern Europe in global communism. After considering the historical origins of communism, it concentrates on the period of state socialism (1945
Analysis of the role of ideology in political movements. Ernesto Laclau is best known for co-authoring Hegemony and Socialist Strategy, with Chantal Mouffe. Politically active in the social and st…
Using the concept of mimesis to indicate the universal appeal of art as reflection of reality, Lukacs defines art as the identical subject-object of the artistic process. While capturing the essent…
The Frankfurt school social philosopher attacks the positivistic aspects of Marx's philosophy as well as providing a critique of bourgeois science and philosophy.