Karl Korsch
German left communist who greatly influence the direction of the Frankfurt School.
Karl Korsch: a Marxist friend of anarchism - A.R. Giles-Peters
A look at the life of Marxist theoretician Karl Korsch, and the relevance of his theoretical work to anarchism.
The pursuit of revolutionary struggle by what Marxism and Philosophy called an "ideological dictatorship" is in three ways different from the system of intellectual oppression established in Russia today in the name of the "dictatorship of the proletariat." First of all, it is a dictatorship of the proletariat and not over the proletariat.
Lenin's philosophy - Karl Korsch
Karl Korsch on the philosophy of Lenin, written in 1938.
The Fight For Britain, The Fight For Democracy, And The War Aims Of The Working Class - Karl Korsch
Karl Korsch on the working class and World War II in 1941.
The Fight For Britain, The Fight For Democracy, And The War Aims Of The Working Class (Prolegomena to a political discussion)
Some fundamental presuppositions for a materialist discussion of crisis theory - Karl Korsch
Korsch writes on crisis theory in 1933.
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Ideology and Superstructure in Historical Materialism - Franz Jakubowski (1936)
Apparently freely available online for the first time here, this 1930s book is far less well known than its subject matter. With an admirable clarity of style, Jakubowski provides a summary of the main themes of Lukacs' History and Class Consciousness and Korschs' Marxism and Philosophy (Korsch was a personal friend of Jakubowski.)
Letter from Amadeo Bordiga to Karl Korsch
Letter written by Amadeo Bordiga in Naples, in October 1926 to German left communist Karl Korsch about his platform.
Naples, 28 October 1926
Dear Comrade Korsch,
The problems we face today are so important that we should really be discussing them face to face in detail. This unfortunately is not a possibility at the moment. Also I won't be covering all the points in your platform in this letter, some of which could give rise to useful discussions between us.
Ten Theses on Marxism Today (1950)
An insightful short critical survey of Marxism's strengths and weaknesses.
Leading Principles of Marxism: A Restatement
How Marxism exposes the weaknesses of sociology.
A Non-dogmatic approach to Marxism
Korsch discusses the meaning and use of Marxist dialectics via a surveys of articles by himself, Sorel and Lenin.
The Present State of the Problem of Marxism and Philosophy: An Anti-critique
This text is an answer to the criticism Korsch received from "orthodox" "Marxists" on the publication of his Marxism and Philosophy - both of the Leninist variety and the "western" variety who believed they had "broken" with "soviet Marxism".
