Karl Korsch

Korsch, Karl

German left communist who greatly influence the direction of the Frankfurt School.

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".

Marxism and Philosophy - Karl Korsch

On the philosophical content of Marxism, the role of dialectics and consciousness.

Introduction to Capital - Karl Korsch

Marx's book on capital, like Plato's book on the state, like Machiavelli's Prince and Rousseau's Social Contract: owes its tremendous and enduring impact to the fact that it grasps and articulates, at a turning point of history, the full implications of the new force breaking in upon the old forms of life.

Why I am a Marxist - Korsch

Instead of discussing Marxism in general I propose to deal at once with some of the most effective points of Marxist theory and practice. Only such an approach conforms with the principle of Marxian thought. For the Marxist, there is no such thing as 'Marxism' in general any more than there is a 'democracy' in general, a 'dictatorship' in general or a estate' in general.