Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion. By Gareth Stedman Jones. London: Penguin Books, 2017, pp. 768. Paper Back. ISBN 978-0- 141-02480-6.

As early as page 2 in Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion, Stedman Jones boldly highlights that "(t)he invention of what came to be called as ‘Marxism’ was initially in large part the creation of Engels in his books and pamphlets, beginning with Anti-Dühring in 1878". He further adds, as kee...

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Published: [publisher not identified] 2018
In: Intellectual discourse
Year: 2018, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 959-965
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