Western Marxist Theory: Verso Student Reading
From across 50 years of publishing at Verso, up to 40% off as part of our student reading sale.
Western Marxism is broadly understood as a set of concerns developed by theorists in Europe who were looking for new paths for Marxist research after the October Revolution. Often critical of what they perceived as the dogmatic Marxism issuing from the Soviet Union, these thinkers (the Frankfurt School, Althusser, Gramsci, Korsch, Lukacs, and others) were united by an intense interest in understanding how ideology and culture (the so-called 'superstructure' as opposed to the 'base') function within capitalism, as well as a renewed focus on the philosophical roots not only of Marxist thought but of modernity in general.
Use this reading list to navigate Verso's collection of key works by Western Marxist thinkers and stock up on essential reading for your courses this year. See also our Key Debates in Theory reading.
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30% offImmanent Critiques
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30% offReading Capital
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30% offCritique of Everyday Life
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30% offOn Ideology
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30% offMarxist Modernism
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30% offAesthetics and Politics
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30% offMinima Moralia
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30% offArguments Within English Marxism
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30% offThe Destruction of Reason
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30% offThe Philosophy of Marx
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30% offOne-Way Street
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30% offThe Benjamin Files
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30% offLate Marxism
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30% offTowards a New Manifesto
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30% offThe Authoritarian Personality
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30% offSplinters in Your Eye
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30% offFrom Marxism to Post-Marxism?
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30% offMarx and Human Nature
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30% offThe Left Hemisphere
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30% offCulture and Materialism
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30% offPolitics and Letters
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30% offOn Materialism
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30% offImages of Class
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30% offMarx's Literary Style
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30% offA Companion to Marx's Grundrisse
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30% offA Companion To Marx's Capital
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30% offReconstructing Marxism
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The Philosophy of Marx
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One-Way Street
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30% offRadio Benjamin
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The Benjamin Files
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Towards a New Manifesto
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The Authoritarian Personality
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30% offGrand Hotel Abyss
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Splinters in Your Eye
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30% offWorkers and Capital
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From Marxism to Post-Marxism?
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Marx and Human Nature
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30% offWhat Is Subjectivity?
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30% offResources of Hope
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Arguments Within English Marxism
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The Left Hemisphere
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Culture and Materialism
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Late Marxism
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30% offCapitalism, Socialism, Ecology
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Politics and Letters
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On Materialism
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30% offAntonio Gramsci
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30% offFrantz Fanon
