Rupert Woodfin

Don't be mislead by the graphic format of this "introduction" to Marxism. It's a serious and fairly dense overview of Marxism from its inception through the misguided years of the Soviet-style version to post-modern interpretations and critiques of classical Marxism. Its compactness makes this a good way to delve deeper into the philosophical and historical aspects of this profoundly important political, economic and social current of thought.

These little graphic guides are rather brilliant introductions to various subjects. Rupert Woodfin & Oscar Zarate have made an easy to read critical introduction to Marxism starting with Hegel and ending in post-modernism and post-Marxism. The illustrations are both humorous and informative and the text formed as a form of narrative.

Highly recommendable if you want an easy to read introduction or just want to brush up on your Marxist theories. The book is also filled with a lot of show more suggestions to further reading as well as a small, useful dictionary of Marxist terms.

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This useful introduction to Marxism provides a concise but quite comprehensive overview of the subject, explaining both its historical development and the main tenets of Marxist (and post-Marxist) thought.

This useful introduction to Marxism provides a concise but quite comprehensive overview of the subject, explaining both its historical development and the main tenets of Marxist (and post-Marxist) thought.