Dialectical Materialism

Engels explains how Marxism grew out of Hegel and Feuerbach and sets out the basics of dialectical materialism. Short, clear and foundational.

Friedrich Engels

Three essays by the father of Russian Marxism on materialism, the role of the individual in history and the materialist view of history.

George Plekhanov

Lenin's major philosophical work, defending dialectical materialism against the idealist trends of his day. Essential for the Marxist theory of knowledge.

V. I. Lenin

Essays by the Italian philosopher on the scientific status of historical materialism and Marx's theory of value. A classic critical reading from outside the Marxist camp.

Benedetto Croce

A doctoral thesis on how Marx thinks about time and history, questioning the idea of linear progress in his work. For advanced readers of Marxist philosophy.

George Tomlinson