List of contributors to Marxist theory explained

This is a list of prominent figures who contributed to Marxist theory, principally as authors; it is not intended to list politicians who happen(ed) to be a member of an ostensibly communist political party or other organisation.

NamePlace of birthPlace of deathNationalityLifeTendency
Victor AdlerPrague, Austria-HungaryVienna, Austria Austrian1852–1918Social democracy, Austro-Marxism
Theodor W. Adorno[1] Frankfurt am Main, Hesse-Nassau Province, Prussia, GermanyVisp, Visp, Valais, Switzerland German1903–1969Frankfurt School, Western Marxism
Louis AlthusserBirmendreïs, French AlgeriaParis, France French1918–1990Western Marxism, Structural Marxism, Leninism
Samir AminCairo, EgyptParis, France Egyptian and French1931–2018Third Worldism, Maoism, World-systems theory
Otto BauerVienna, Austria-HungaryParis, France Austrian1881–1938Social Democracy, Austro-Marxism
Walter Benjamin[2] [3] [4] Berlin, German EmpirePortbou, Catalonia, Spain German1892–1940Western Marxism, Marxist hermeneutics
Franco "Bifo" BerardiBologna, ItalyStill Living Italian1949–Autonomism
Eduard BernsteinSchöneberg, German ConfederationBerlin, Germany German1850–1932
Caio Prado JúniorSão Paulo, BrazilSão Paulo, Brazil Brazilian1907–1990Marxism
Ernst Bloch[5] Ludwigshafen, GermanyTübingen, West Germany German1885–1977Western Marxism, Marxist hermeneutics, Marxist humanism
Amadeo BordigaErcolano, Kingdom of ItalyFormia, Italy Italian1889–1970Italian Left communism, Leninism
Bertolt Brecht[6] Augsburg, German EmpireEast Berlin, East Germany German1898–1956Marxist literary criticism
Nikolai BukharinMoscow, Russian EmpireKommunarka shooting ground, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Russian1888–1938Bolshevism, Left communism (initially), Right opposition (later on)
Jacques CamattePlan-de-Cuques, Alpes-Maritimes, FranceStill living French1935–Bordigism, Anarcho-primitivism (later on), Communization (later on)
Cornelius Castoriadis[7] Constantinople, Ottoman EmpireParis, France Greek and French1922–1997Western Marxism, Post-Marxism, Psychoanalytic Marxism, Libertarian socialism
Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya[8] Calcutta, British RajCalcutta, India Indian1918–1993Marxism
V. Gordon ChildeSydney, Colony of New South WalesBlackheath, New South Wales, Australia Australian1892–1957Marxist archaeology
G. A. CohenMontreal, Quebec, CanadaOxford, England Canadian1941–2009Analytical Marxism
James ConnollyCowgate, Edinburgh, Scotland, United KingdomKilmainham Gaol, Dublin, Ireland Irish and Scottish1868–1916Marxism, Irish republicanism
Onorato DamenMonte San Pietrangeli, ItalyMilan Italian1893–1979Italian Left communism
Gilles DauvéFranceStill living French1947–Left communism, Communization
Angela DavisBirmingham, AlabamaStill Living American1944– Marxist feminism
Guy DebordParis, FranceBellevue-la-Montagne, Haute-Loire, France French1931–1994Situationism
Daniel De LeonCuraçaoNew York, State of New York, United States American1852–1914De Leonism, Syndicalism
Joseph Dietzgen[9] Blankenberg (now Hennef, German ConfederationChicago, Illinois, United States German1828–1888Marxism
Raya DunayevskayaYaryshev, Russian Empire (today, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine)Chicago, Illinois, United States American1910–1987Marxist humanism
Terry EagletonSalford, Lancashire, England, United KingdomStill living British1942–Marxism
Gilles DeleuzeParis, FranceParis, France French1925–1995Freudo-Marxism, Post-Marxism
Arghiri EmmanuelPatras, GreeceParis, France Greek1911–2001Unequal exchange
Friedrich EngelsBarmen, Kingdom of Prussia (today Wuppertal, Germany)London, United Kingdom German1820–1895Classical Marxism
Frantz FanonFort-de-France, Martinique, FranceBethesda, Maryland, United States French1925–1961Marxist humanism, Pan-Africanism, Decolonization
John Bellamy FosterSeattle, Washington, United StatesStill living American 1953–Marxism
Herman GorterWormerveerSaint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels Dutch1864–1927Council communism
Antonio GramsciAles, Sardinia, ItalyRome, Lazio, Italy Italian1891–1937Gramscianism, Western Marxism, Marxist humanism, Neo-Marxism
Félix GuattariVilleneuve-les-Sablons, FranceCour-Cheverny, France French1930–1992Freudo-Marxism, Post-Marxism
Ernesto "Che" Guevara[10] [11] [12] Rosario, Santa Fe, ArgentinaLa Higuera, Vallegrande, Bolivia Argentine1928–1967Marxism-Leninism, Guevarism
Abimael Guzmán (Gonzalo)[13] Arequipa, PeruCallao, Peru Peruvian1934–2021Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, Gonzalo thought
Ted GrantGermiston, South AfricaLondon, United Kingdom South African and British1913–2006Trotskyism
David HarveyGillingham, Kent, England, United KingdomStill living British 1935–Marxist geography
Harry HaywoodSouth Omaha, Nebraska, United StatesAnn Arbor, Michigan, United States American1898–1985Marxism-Leninism
Rudolf HilferdingVienna, Austria-HungaryParis, France Austrian and German1877–1941Austro-Marxism
Max HorkheimerZuffenhausen (now Stuttgart), Württemberg, German EmpireNuremberg, Bavaria, West Germany German1895–1973Frankfurt School, Western Marxism
Ho Chi MinhNghệ An Province, French IndochinaHanoi, North Vietnam Vietnamese1890–1969Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh Thought
Enver HoxhaErgiri (today Gjirokastër), Janina Vilayet, Ottoman EmpireTirana, People's Socialist Republic of Albania Albanian1908–1985
C.L.R. JamesTrinidadLondon, United Kingdom Trinidadian and British1901–1989Marxism, Pan-Africanism, Anti-Stalinist left
Fredric JamesonCleveland, Ohio, United StatesStill living American1934–Western Marxism, Marxist hermeneutics
Kojin KarataniAmagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, JapanStill living Japanese1941–Marxist literary criticism
Edvard KardeljLjubljana, Duchy of Carniola, Austria-HungaryLjubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavian1910–1979Titoism
Karl KautskyPrague, Austria-HungaryAmsterdam, Netherlands Czech, Austrian and German1854–1938Orthodox Marxism
İbrahim KaypakkayaÇorum, TurkeyÇorum, Turkey Turkish1949–1973Maoism
Kim Il-SungChingjong, KoreaHyangsan, Korea Korean1912–1994Marxism-Leninism, Juche
Jim KemmyLimerick, IrelandLimerick, Ireland Irish1936–1997Marxism
Alexandra Kollontai[14] St Petersburg, Russian EmpireMoscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Soviet1872–1952Marxist feminism, Bolshevism
Karl KorschTostedt, German EmpireBelmont, Massachusetts, United States German1886–1961Western Marxism
Damodar Dharmananda KosambiKosben, (now Goa) British RajPune, Maharashtra, India Indian1907–1966Marxism
Yalçın Küçükİskenderun, Hatay, TurkeyStill living Turkish1938–Marxism
Antonio LabriolaCassino, Papal StatesRome, Kingdom of Italy Italian1843–1904Marxism
Paul LafargueSantiago de CubaDraveil, France French1842–1911Marxism, Anti-work
Henri Lefebvre[15] Hagetmau, FranceNavarrenx, France French1901–1991Western Marxism, Hegelian Marxism
Vladimir LeninSimbirsk, Russian EmpireGorki Leninskiye, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Soviet1870–1924Leninism, Bolshevism
Karl LiebknechtLeipzig, Kingdom of Saxony, German EmpireBerlin, Weimar Republic German1871–1919
Domenico LosurdoSannicandro di Bari, Kingdom of ItalyAncona, Italy Italian1941–2018Marxism
Georg LukácsBudapest, Austria-HungaryBudapest, People's Republic of Hungary Hungarian1885–1971Budapest School, Western Marxism, Hegelian Marxism, Leninism
Rosa LuxemburgZamość, Vistula Land, Russian EmpireBerlin, Germany Polish and German1871–1919Spartacism
Herbert MarcuseBerlin, German EmpireStarnberg, West Germany German1898–1979Frankfurt School, Western Marxism
José Carlos Mariátegui[16] [17] Moquegua, PeruLima, Peru Peruvian1894–1930Marxism, Sorelianism
Andreas MalmMölndal, SwedenStill living Swedish 1977–Marxism
Karl MarxTrier, Kingdom of PrussiaLondon, United Kingdom Prussian and German1818–1883Classical Marxism
Paul MattickStolp, Pomerania, German Empire (now Poland)Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States German1904–1981Council communism
Andy MerrifieldLiverpool, Merseyside, England, United KingdomStill living British1960–"Magical Marxism"
István MészárosBudapest, HungaryMargate, England Hungary1930–2017Marxism
Antonio NegriPadua, ItalyParis, France Italian1933–2023Autonomism
Kwame NkrumahNkroful, Gold Coast (now Ghana)Bucharest, Romania Ghanaian1909–1972Nkrumahism
Still living Turkish Kurdish 1948–Democratic confederalism
Sylvia PankhurstManchester, Lancashire, England, United KingdomAddis Ababa, Ethiopia British and Ethiopian1882–1960Council communism
Anton PannekoekVaassen, NetherlandsWageningen, Netherlands Dutch1873–1960Council communism
Evgeny PashukanisStaritsa, Russian EmpireSoviet Union Russian1891–1937Leninism
Georgi PlekhanovGudalovka (now Gryazinsky District), Tambov Governorate, Russian EmpireTerijoki, Finland Russian1856–1918Marxism
Bijan JazaniTehran, IranTehran, Iran Iranian1938–1975Marxism
Nicos PoulantzasAthens, GreeceParis, France Greek1936–1979Structural Marxism, Leninism (initially), Democratic socialism (later on)
Isaak Illich RubinDinaburg, Russian EmpireAktobe, Kazakh SSR, USSR Soviet Union1886–1937Marxism
Jean-Paul SartreParis, FranceParis, France French1905–1980Neo-Marxism, Existentialism
Jose Maria Sison[18] [19] Ilocos Sur, PhilippinesUtrecht, Netherlands Filipino1939 - 2022Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
Alfred Sohn-RethelNeuilly-sur-Seine, FranceBremen, West Germany German1899–1990Marxism
Mahdi AmelHarouf, LebanonBeirut, Lebanon Lebanese1936–1987Marxism
Joseph Stalin[20] [21] Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Russian EmpireKuntsevo Dacha near Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Soviet1878–1953Marxism-Leninism, Stalinism
Paul SweezyNew York City, New York, United StatesLarchmont, New York (state), United States American 1910–2004Neo-Marxism
Kumrovec, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-HungaryLjubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia Yugoslavian1892–1980Marxism-Leninism, Titoism
Leon TrotskyYelizavetgrad, Kherson Governorate, Russian EmpireCoyoacán, Distrito Federal, Mexico Soviet1879–1940Leninism, Bolshevism, Trotskyism
Alberto ToscanoItalyStill living Italy1977–Western Marxism
Raymond WilliamsLlanfihangel Crucorney, Wales, United KingdomSaffron Walden, England, United Kingdom British (Welsh)1921–1988Western Marxism, New Left
Karl August WittfogelWoltersdorf, Lower Saxony, Province of Hanover, German EmpireNew York, State of New York, United States German and American1896–1988Marxism
Mao ZedongShaoshan, Hunan, Qing DynastyBeijing, People's Republic of China Chinese1893–1976Marxism-Leninism, Maoism
Slavoj ŽižekLjubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR YugoslaviaStill living Slovene (Yugoslavian before Dissolution of Yugoslavia)1949–Western Marxism, Hegelian Marxism, Psychoanalytic Marxism

See also

References

  1. [Peter Uwe Hohendahl]
  2. News: Walter Benjamin and Critical Theory . Ceasefire Magazine . 2013-04-04 . 2021-10-12.
  3. Web site: Walter Benjamin and the classical Marxist tradition • International Socialism . International Socialism . 2009-01-02 . 2021-10-12.
  4. Web site: Walter Benjamin's Marxist Critique . Caesura . 2021-07-13 . 2021-10-12.
  5. Douglas Kellner and Harry O'Hara, "Utopia and Marxism in Ernst Bloch" New German Critique 9 (Autumn, 1976) 11-34: 11-13.
  6. Louis Althusser http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1962/materialist-theatre.htm The ‘Piccolo Teatro’: Bertolazzi and Brecht Notes on a Materialist Theatre 1961
  7. Sven Papke, Georg W. Oesterdiekhoff, Schlüsselwerke der Soziologie (in German), VS 2001, page 79
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  9. Anton Pannekoek: "The Standpoint and Significance of Josef Dietzgen's Philosophical Works" - Introduction to Joseph Dietzgen, The Positive Outcome of Philosophy, Chicago, 1928
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  11. "Most theories of revolution seem to agree that certain preconditions must be met if a revolutionary situation is to arise. The peculiar contribution of Ernesto Che Guevara to understanding revolutions is that according to him such preconditions can be created." from "Che Guevara on Guerrilla Warfare Doctrine, Practice and Evaluation", Jose A. Moreno, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Apr., 1970), pp. 114-133
  12. "...guerrilla warfare is essentially political, and that for this reason the political cannot be counterposed to the military." Regis Debray on Guevara's theory of the "Foco", Revolution in the Revolution, Penguin Books, 1967 link
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