{"product_id":"2026200013051-secondhand-marxism-one-hundred-years-in-the-life-of-a-doctrine","title":"Marxism: One Hundred Years In The Life Of A Doctrine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA century after Karl Marx first set the world ablaze with his revolutionary theories, Bertram D. Wolfe's Marxism: One Hundred Years in the Life of a Doctrine presents a rigorous and unflinching examination of one of history's most consequential ideological forces. Wolfe chronicles the evolution of Marxist thought from its 19th-century origins through its turbulent application in the 20th century, tracing how a doctrine born in the reading rooms of the British Museum came to reshape nations, ignite revolutions, and divide the globe along ideological fault lines.\n\nWolfe, himself a former Communist Party insider turned incisive critic, brings a rare and unparalleled perspective to this study — that of a true believer who witnessed the doctrine's promises collapse under the weight of Soviet reality. His prose is sharp and authoritative, blending intellectual history with political biography to illustrate how Marxism mutated, adapted, and survived its own contradictions. Written with the analytical precision of a scholar and the moral urgency of a witness, this work leaves the reader questioning not just where Marxism has been, but how its ghost continues to haunt the political imagination of the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203275661531,"sku":"2026200013051-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/a20fabde-c573-4693-ae79-c3c7f1575f28.png?v=1788147202","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013051-secondhand-marxism-one-hundred-years-in-the-life-of-a-doctrine","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}