List of contributors to Marxist theory
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.
Name
Place of birth
Place of death
Nationality
Life
Tendency
Victor Adler
Prague , Austria-Hungary
Vienna , Austria
Austrian
1852–1918
Social democracy , Austro-Marxism
Theodor W. Adorno [ 1]
Frankfurt am Main , Hesse-Nassau Province , Prussia , Germany
Visp , Visp , Valais , Switzerland
German
1903–1969
Frankfurt School , Western Marxism
Louis Althusser
Birmendreïs , French Algeria
Paris , France
French
1918–1990
Western Marxism , Structural Marxism , Leninism
Samir Amin
Cairo , Egypt
Paris , France
Egyptian and French
1931–2018
Third Worldism , Maoism , World-systems theory
Otto Bauer
Vienna , Austria-Hungary
Paris , France
Austrian
1881–1938
Social Democracy , Austro-Marxism
Walter Benjamin [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Berlin , German Empire
Portbou , Catalonia , Spain
German
1892–1940
Western Marxism , Marxist hermeneutics
Franco "Bifo" Berardi
Bologna , Italy
Still Living
Italian
1949–
Autonomism
Eduard Bernstein
Schöneberg , German Confederation
Berlin , Germany
German
1850–1932
Social democracy , Marxist revisionism
Caio Prado Júnior
São Paulo , Brazil
São Paulo , Brazil
Brazilian
1907–1990
Marxism
Ernst Bloch [ 5]
Ludwigshafen , Germany
Tübingen , West Germany
German
1885–1977
Western Marxism , Marxist hermeneutics , Marxist humanism
Amadeo Bordiga
Ercolano , Kingdom of Italy
Formia , Italy
Italian
1889–1970
Italian Left communism , Leninism
Bertolt Brecht [ 6]
Augsburg , German Empire
East Berlin , East Germany
German
1898–1956
Marxist literary criticism
Nikolai Bukharin
Moscow , Russian Empire
Kommunarka shooting ground , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
Russian
1888–1938
Bolshevism , Left communism (initially), Right opposition (later on)
Jacques Camatte
Plan-de-Cuques , Alpes-Maritimes, France
France
French
1935–2025
Bordigism , Anarcho-primitivism (later on), Communization (later on)
Cornelius Castoriadis [ 7]
Constantinople , Ottoman Empire
Paris , France
Greek and French
1922–1997
Western Marxism , Post-Marxism , Psychoanalytic Marxism , Libertarian socialism
Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya [ 8]
Calcutta , British Raj
Calcutta , India
Indian
1918–1993
Marxism
V. Gordon Childe
Sydney , Colony of New South Wales
Blackheath, New South Wales , Australia
Australian
1892–1957
Marxist archaeology
G. A. Cohen
Montreal , Quebec , Canada
Oxford , England
Canadian
1941–2009
Analytical Marxism
James Connolly
Cowgate , Edinburgh , Scotland , United Kingdom
Kilmainham Gaol , Dublin , Ireland
Irish and Scottish
1868–1916
Marxism , Irish republicanism
Onorato Damen
Monte San Pietrangeli , Italy
Milan
Italian
1893–1979
Italian Left communism
Gilles Dauvé
France
Still living
French
1947–
Left communism , Communization
Angela Davis
Birmingham, Alabama
Still Living
American
1944–
Marxist feminism
Guy Debord
Paris , France
Bellevue-la-Montagne , Haute-Loire , France
French
1931–1994
Situationism
Daniel De Leon
Curaçao
New York , State of New York , United States
American
1852–1914
De Leonism , Syndicalism
Joseph Dietzgen [ 9]
Blankenberg (now Hennef , German Confederation
Chicago , Illinois , United States
German
1828–1888
Marxism
Raya Dunayevskaya
Yaryshev , Russian Empire (today, Vinnytsia Oblast , Ukraine )
Chicago , Illinois , United States
American
1910–1987
Marxist humanism
Terry Eagleton
Salford , Lancashire , England , United Kingdom
Still living
British
1942–
Marxism
Gilles Deleuze
Paris , France
Paris , France
French
1925–1995
Freudo-Marxism , Post-Marxism
Arghiri Emmanuel
Patras , Greece
Paris , France
Greek
1911–2001
Unequal exchange
Friedrich Engels
Barmen , Kingdom of Prussia (today Wuppertal , Germany )
London , United Kingdom
German
1820–1895
Classical Marxism
Frantz Fanon
Fort-de-France , Martinique , France
Bethesda, Maryland , United States
French
1925–1961
Marxist humanism , Pan-Africanism , Decolonization
John Bellamy Foster
Seattle, Washington , United States
Still living
American
1953–
Marxism
Herman Gorter
Wormerveer
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode , Brussels
Dutch
1864–1927
Council communism
Antonio Gramsci
Ales , Sardinia , Italy
Rome , Lazio , Italy
Italian
1891–1937
Gramscianism, Western Marxism , Marxist humanism , Neo-Marxism
Félix Guattari
Villeneuve-les-Sablons , France
Cour-Cheverny , France
French
1930–1992
Freudo-Marxism , Post-Marxism
Ernesto "Che" Guevara [ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
Rosario , Santa Fe, Argentina
La Higuera , Vallegrande , Bolivia
Argentine
1928–1967
Marxism-Leninism , Guevarism
Abimael Guzmán (Gonzalo) [ 13] [better source needed ]
Arequipa , Peru
Callao , Peru
Peruvian
1934–2021
Marxism-Leninism-Maoism , Gonzalo thought
Ted Grant
Germiston , South Africa
London , United Kingdom
South African and British
1913–2006
Trotskyism
David Harvey
Gillingham, Kent , England , United Kingdom
Still living
British
1935–
Marxist geography
Harry Haywood
South Omaha , Nebraska , United States
Ann Arbor , Michigan , United States
American
1898–1985
Marxism-Leninism
Rudolf Hilferding
Vienna , Austria-Hungary
Paris , France
Austrian and German
1877–1941
Austro-Marxism
Max Horkheimer
Zuffenhausen (now Stuttgart ), Württemberg , German Empire
Nuremberg , Bavaria , West Germany
German
1895–1973
Frankfurt School , Western Marxism
Ho Chi Minh
Nghệ An Province , French Indochina
Hanoi , North Vietnam
Vietnamese
1890–1969
Marxism-Leninism , Ho Chi Minh Thought
Enver Hoxha
Ergiri (today Gjirokastër ), Janina Vilayet , Ottoman Empire
Tirana , People's Socialist Republic of Albania
Albanian
1908–1985
Marxism-Leninism , Mao Zedong Thought (initially), Hoxhaism
C.L.R. James
Trinidad
London , United Kingdom
Trinidadian and British
1901–1989
Marxism , Pan-Africanism , Anti-Stalinist left
Fredric Jameson
Cleveland , Ohio , United States
Killingworth, Connecticut , United States
American
1934–2024
Western Marxism , Marxist hermeneutics
Kojin Karatani [citation needed ]
Amagasaki , Hyogo Prefecture , Japan
Still living
Japanese
1941–
Marxist literary criticism
Edvard Kardelj [citation needed ]
Ljubljana , Duchy of Carniola , Austria-Hungary
Ljubljana , Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Yugoslavian
1910–1979
Titoism
Karl Kautsky
Prague , Austria-Hungary
Amsterdam , Netherlands
Czech, Austrian and German
1854–1938
Orthodox Marxism
İbrahim Kaypakkaya [citation needed ]
Çorum , Turkey
Çorum , Turkey
Turkish
1949–1973
Maoism
Kim Il-Sung [citation needed ]
Chingjong , Korea
Hyangsan , Korea
Korean
1912–1994
Marxism-Leninism , Juche
Jim Kemmy [citation needed ]
Limerick , Ireland
Limerick , Ireland
Irish
1936–1997
Marxism
Alexandra Kollontai [ 14]
St Petersburg , Russian Empire
Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
Soviet
1872–1952
Marxist feminism , Bolshevism
Karl Korsch
Tostedt , German Empire
Belmont , Massachusetts , United States
German
1886–1961
Western Marxism
Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi
Kosben, (now Goa ) British Raj
Pune, Maharashtra , India
Indian
1907–1966
Marxism
Yalçın Küçük [citation needed ]
İskenderun , Hatay , Turkey
Still living
Turkish
1938–
Marxism
Antonio Labriola
Cassino , Papal States
Rome , Kingdom of Italy
Italian
1843–1904
Marxism
Paul Lafargue
Santiago de Cuba
Draveil , France
French
1842–1911
Marxism , Anti-work
Henri Lefebvre [ 15]
Hagetmau , France
Navarrenx , France
French
1901–1991
Western Marxism , Hegelian Marxism
Vladimir Lenin
Simbirsk , Russian Empire
Gorki Leninskiye , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
Soviet
1870–1924
Leninism , Bolshevism
Karl Liebknecht
Leipzig , Kingdom of Saxony , German Empire
Berlin , Weimar Republic
German
1871–1919
Spartacism
Domenico Losurdo
Sannicandro di Bari , Kingdom of Italy
Ancona , Italy
Italian
1941–2018
Marxism
Georg Lukács
Budapest , Austria-Hungary
Budapest , People's Republic of Hungary
Hungarian
1885–1971
Budapest School , Western Marxism , Hegelian Marxism , Leninism
Rosa Luxemburg
Zamość , Vistula Land , Russian Empire
Berlin , Germany
Polish and German
1871–1919
Spartacism
Herbert Marcuse
Berlin , German Empire
Starnberg , West Germany
German
1898–1979
Frankfurt School , Western Marxism
José Carlos Mariátegui [ 16] [ 17]
Moquegua , Peru
Lima , Peru
Peruvian
1894–1930
Marxism , Sorelianism
Andreas Malm
Mölndal , Sweden
Still living
Swedish
1977–
Marxism
Karl Marx
Trier , Kingdom of Prussia
London , United Kingdom
Prussian and German
1818–1883
Classical Marxism
Paul Mattick
Stolp , Pomerania , German Empire (now Poland )
Cambridge , Massachusetts , United States
German
1904–1981
Council communism
Andy Merrifield
Liverpool , Merseyside , England , United Kingdom
Still living
British
1960–
"Magical Marxism"
István Mészáros
Budapest , Hungary
Margate , England
Hungary
1930–2017
Marxism
Antonio Negri
Padua , Italy
Paris , France
Italian
1933–2023
Autonomism
Kwame Nkrumah
Nkroful , Gold Coast (now Ghana )
Bucharest , Romania
Ghanaian
1909–1972
Nkrumahism
Abdullah Öcalan [citation needed ]
Ömerli, Şanlıurfa , Turkey
Still living
Turkish Kurdish
1948–
Democratic confederalism
Sylvia Pankhurst [citation needed ]
Manchester , Lancashire , England , United Kingdom
Addis Ababa , Ethiopia
British and Ethiopian
1882–1960
Council communism
Anton Pannekoek
Vaassen , Netherlands
Wageningen , Netherlands
Dutch
1873–1960
Council communism
Evgeny Pashukanis
Staritsa , Russian Empire
Soviet Union
Russian
1891–1937
Leninism
Georgi Plekhanov
Gudalovka (now Gryazinsky District ), Tambov Governorate , Russian Empire
Terijoki, Finland
Russian
1856–1918
Marxism
Bijan Jazani [citation needed ]
Tehran , Iran
Tehran , Iran
Iranian
1938–1975
Marxism
Nicos Poulantzas
Athens , Greece
Paris , France
Greek
1936–1979
Structural Marxism , Leninism (initially), Democratic socialism (later on)
Isaak Illich Rubin
Dinaburg , Russian Empire
Aktobe , Kazakh SSR , USSR
Soviet Union
1886–1937
Marxism
Jean-Paul Sartre
Paris , France
Paris, France
French
1905–1980
Neo-Marxism , Existentialism
Jose Maria Sison [ 18] [ 19] [better source needed ]
Ilocos Sur , Philippines
Utrecht , Netherlands
Filipino
1939 - 2022
Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
Alfred Sohn-Rethel
Neuilly-sur-Seine , France
Bremen , West Germany
German
1899–1990
Marxism
Mahdi Amel [citation needed ]
Harouf , Lebanon
Beirut , Lebanon
Lebanese
1936–1987
Marxism
Joseph Stalin [ 20] [ 21]
Gori , Tiflis Governorate , Russian Empire
Kuntsevo Dacha near Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
Soviet
1878–1953
Marxism-Leninism , Stalinism
Paul Sweezy
New York City , New York , United States
Larchmont , New York (state) , United States
American
1910–2004
Neo-Marxism
Josip Broz Tito [dubious – discuss ]
Kumrovec , Croatia-Slavonia , Austria-Hungary
Ljubljana , SR Slovenia , SFR Yugoslavia
Yugoslavian
1892–1980
Marxism-Leninism , Titoism
Leon Trotsky
Yelizavetgrad , Kherson Governorate , Russian Empire
Coyoacán , Distrito Federal , Mexico
Soviet
1879–1940
Leninism , Bolshevism , Trotskyism
Alberto Toscano
Italy
Still living
Italy
1977–
Western Marxism
Raymond Williams
Llanfihangel Crucorney , Wales , United Kingdom
Saffron Walden , England , United Kingdom
British ( Welsh)
1921–1988
Western Marxism , New Left
Karl August Wittfogel
Woltersdorf, Lower Saxony , Province of Hanover , German Empire
New York , State of New York , United States
German and American
1896–1988
Marxism
Mao Zedong
Shaoshan , Hunan , Qing Dynasty
Beijing , People's Republic of China
Chinese
1893–1976
Marxism-Leninism , Maoism
Slavoj Žižek
Ljubljana , SR Slovenia , SFR Yugoslavia
Still living
Slovene ( Yugoslavian before Dissolution of Yugoslavia )
1949–
Western Marxism , Hegelian Marxism , Psychoanalytic Marxism
See also
References
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