A Promethean Vision – The Formation of Karl Marx's Worldview Communist Party Dona Torr – Historical Materialism

Dona Torr – Historical Materialism and the Communist Historians by Mary Davis

social mobilisation

distinctions between polemic

Over four editions and constant re-printings it has informed the debates in the trade union movement

DONA TORR helped shape modern Marxist historical perspectives — but her contribution has remained largely invisible

A Promethean Vision – The Formation of Karl Marx's Worldview Communist Party Dona Torr – Historical MaterialismEric Rahim's book A Promethean Vision The Formation of Karl Marx's Worldview outlines the main intellectual stages in the development of Karl Marxs theory of historical development, often referred to as historical materialism or the materialist conception of history. Rahim charts Marxs journey from his early life as a Young Hegelian immersed in German philosophical traditions through his turn toward political economy, his interest in Adam Smith and