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Georgi Plekhanov

1856 – 1918

“There is no historical fact that did not owe its origin to social economics; but it is no less true to say that there is no historical fact that was not preceded, not accompanied, and not succeeded by a definite state of consciousness.”.Materialist Conception of History

Works:

Socialism and the Political Struggle, 1883

Programme of Social-Democratic Emancipation of Labour Group, 1884

Our Differences, 1885

Second Draft Programme of The Russian Social-Democrats, 1887

A New Champion of Autocracy, 1889

Speech at the International Workers’ Socialist Congress in Paris, July 1889

For the 60th Anniversary of Hegel’s Death, 1891

The Meaning of Hegel, 1891 (alternative translation of the above by Raya Dunayevskaya)

Essays on the History of Materialism, 1893

Notes on Engels’ Ludwig Feuerbach ..., 1892

Bourgeois of Days Gone By, 1893

The Development of the Monist View of History, 1895

The Bourgeois Revolution. The Political Birth of Capitalism, 1895

Anarchism and Socialism, 1895

Belinski and Rational Reality, 1897

The Materialist Conception of History, 1897

The Initial Phases of the Theory of the Class Struggle, 1898

Conrad Schmidt Versus Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, 1898

Materialism or Kantianism, 1898

On the Role of the Individual in History, 1898

On the Alleged Crisis in Marxism, 1898

Bernstein and Materialism, July 1898

What Should We Thank Him For?, October 1898

Reply to an International Questionnaire from the Newspaper, 1899

The Philosophical and Social Views of Karl Marx, 1899

Historical Materialism and the Arts, 1899

A Critique of Our Critics: Part I: Mr P. Struve in the Role of Critic of the Marxist Theory of Social Development, 1899

Cant Against Kant, 1901

On Croce’s book, 1901

Preface to the Third Edition of Engels’ Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, 1902

Synopsis of Lecture ‘Scientific Socialism and Religion’, 1904

Preface to the 2nd Edition of Engels’ Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy, 1905

French Drama and Painting of the 18th Century, 1905

Socialism and Internationalism, 1905

Materialism Yet Again, 1906

Fundamental Problems of Marxism, 1907

Materialismus Militans: Reply to Mr Bogdanov, 1907

On A. Pannekoek’s Pamphlet, 1907

Reply to Questionnaire From the Journal Mercure de France on the Future of Religion, 1907

Joseph Dietzgen, 1907

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Death of Karl Marx, 1907

On Franz Lütgenau’s Book, 1908

Ibsen, Petty Bourgeoise Revolutionist, 1908

Henri Bergson, 1909

On Mr V. Shulyatikov’s Book, 1909

On Mr Guyau’s Book, 1909

On the So-Called Religious Seekings in Russia, 1909

On Mr Windelband’s Book, 1910

On the Study of Philosophy, 1910

Cowardly Idealism, 1910

Scepticism in Philosophy, 1911

On Mr Heinrich Rickert’s Book, 1911

On Emile Boutroux’s Book, 1911

Art and Social Life, 1912

Letter to Jules Guesde, 27 October 1912

Utopian Socialism in the Nineteenth Century, August-September 1913

A: British Utopian Socialism

B: French Utopian Socialism

C: German Utopian Socialism

French Utopian Socialism

Preface to Abram Deborin’s Book An Introduction to the Philosophy of Dialectical Materialism, 1916

From Idealism to Materialism: Hegel and Left Hegelians — Feuerbach, 1915–1917

Dialectic and Logic



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Further reading:

Antonio Labriola

History & Class Consciousness, Lukacs

Marxism and Philosophy, Korsch

The Materialist Conception of History, Kautsky

Dialectical & Historical Materialism, Stalin 1938

“Historical Materialism”, Cyril Smith 1998

