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Leftward Ho! Revolutionary Intellectuals, 1928â48
Part 1: Capitalâs Crisis and Marxist Responses. Dissident Marxism in the United States: Volume 5
Series: - Historical Materialism Book Series, Volume: 395
In two volumes, âLeftward Ho!â features selected writings, originally published 1928â1948, by US-based independent and dissenting Marxists on a wide range of topics: political economy, anti-imperialism, mass culture, critiques of womenâs and racial oppression, and more. We feature work of distinguished authors, some of whom initially, in the first years of the Great Depression, stood with the Communist Party but from 1933 to 1937 moved toward a Marxian-socialist critique of Soviet government and the âStalinistâ politics of the Third (Communist) International. We survey salient debates within these critical circles and then recount the story of âintellectuals in retreatâ from Marxism (and those persistent radicals who challenged them) from the early 1940s up to 1948, dubbed âthe last year of the Thirtiesâ by socialist writer and organizer Michael Harrington (1928â1989).
Howard Brick (PhD, University of Michigan) is Louis Evans Professor of History, Emeritus at the University of Michigan. He has published on US intellectual, cultural, and political history including most recently At the Center: American Thought and Culture in the Mid-Twentieth Century, with Casey Nelson Blacke and Daniel H. Borus.
Renny Hahamovitch (PhD Candidate, University of Michigan) is a historian of American science, technology, and political economy. He has also published on the history of transatlantic radical politics.
Brian Whitener (PhD, University of Michigan) is an Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Buffalo and author of Crisis Cultures: The Rise of Finance in Mexico and Brazil (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019). He also co-directs The Communal Hypothesis research group.
Paul Le Blanc (PhD, University of Pittsburgh), is La Roche University emeritus professor of history. Specializing on labor and socialist history in the United States, Russia, Germany, and the world, he is general editor of âDissident Marxism in the United States.â
Renny Hahamovitch (PhD Candidate, University of Michigan) is a historian of American science, technology, and political economy. He has also published on the history of transatlantic radical politics.
Brian Whitener (PhD, University of Michigan) is an Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Buffalo and author of Crisis Cultures: The Rise of Finance in Mexico and Brazil (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019). He also co-directs The Communal Hypothesis research group.
Paul Le Blanc (PhD, University of Pittsburgh), is La Roche University emeritus professor of history. Specializing on labor and socialist history in the United States, Russia, Germany, and the world, he is general editor of âDissident Marxism in the United States.â
This historical document collection will be most useful to research libraries and specialists in socialist history. It is well suited for undergraduate teaching, with introductory essays that frame the documents for non-expert readers.