Ebook: The HIstory of the Left from Marx To Present

There are many ways of presenting the history of the left from a theoretical perspective. In this concise and cogent survey, Darrow Schecter starts with Marx and moves on to examine the diverse struggles for human emancipation that have characterised European and world history since the French Revolution.

Each chapter in the book builds on the previous one, analysing the emergence and development of a specifically left wing understanding of the relation between knowledge, left politics, and emancipation. Schecter explores the crucial question of how to institutionalise the relation between humanity and nature in a free society of fully humanised individuals. Including discussions of Marxism, the Frankfurt School, Critical Theory, Anarchism, Surrealism, and Global Anti-Capitalism, The History of the Left from Marx to the Present is a valuable tool for understanding the theories that have helped shape our present-day political world.