Main Currents of Marxism: Its Origins, Growth and Dissolution (Three Volumes) - 1. The Founders, 2. The Golden Age, 3. The Breakdown

Oxford: OUP, 1982. Reprint. Softcover. All internally VG+ (unmarked, clean, tight but with a bit of age toning to page margins). Covers have some age toning and a spot or two but all with unbroken spines and no major flaws. Possibly an unused set.. Turquoise glossy wraps with illustration bw lettering. Vol. 1: Orange title lettering; 434 pp.; Vol. 2: Yellow title lettering; 542 pp.; Vol. 3: Bright blue lettering; 548 pp.; no volumes contain any illustrations. Vol. 1 examines the origins of Marxism, tracing its descent, through Hegel and the Enlightenment, from the neo-Platonists, showing Marx's development of thought and divergence from other forms of socialism. Vol. 2 discusses the doctrine of the leading Marxists and controversies among them in the era of the 2nd International, including Kautsky, Rosa Luxemburg, Plekhanov, Lenin, and Georges Sorel. Vol. 3 includes an analysis of Stalinism and a discussion of the impact of Marxism on Soviet culture, examining the contributions of Trotsky, Gramsci, Lukacs, Marcuse and others, while tracing the developments in Marxism since the Second World War.