Introduction to Marxist Theory

by Ernest Mandel

This book contains a selection of essays on key subjects Mandel worked the theory of the state, imperialism, reformism, and bureaucracy. "The Leninist Theory of Organisation" is an influential essay on class consciousness and organisation. The "Introduction to Marxist Economic Theory" was widely used as a textbook in classes on Marxist economics. This book is the first in a series of selected writings by Ernest Mandel.



Introduction by Ian Parker

The Marxist Theory of the State

The Marxist Theory of Imperialism and its Critics

An Introduction to Marxist Economic Theory

The Nature of Social-Democratic Reformism

On A Marxist Analysis

The Leninist Theory of Organisation.

352 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 19, 2021

About the author

Ernest Ezra Mandel was a German born Belgian-Jewish Marxian economist and a Trotskyist activist and theorist. He fought in the underground resistance against the Nazis during the occupation of Belgium and he became a member of the Fourth International during his youth in Antwerp. Mandel is considered to be populariser of marxism.

Reviews

[Victor · Rating 4 out of 5]

A book that belongs on the shelf of every Mandelista, and should belong on the shelves of most Marxists too - whether pro, anti, or indifferent to Mandel.

The strongest contributions in this collection are one on the nature of social-democratic reformism and another on the various different Marxist theories of imperialism and their critics.