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The 193 pages that link to Karl Marx, each with the reason it gives.

• C. Wright MillsRelated: Mills drew on Marx while resisting explanations that reduced social life to economic forces alone.

• Continental philosophyRelated: His critique of political economy became a major basis for continental social theory.

• Daniel BellCompared with: Bell challenged Marxist expectations that class conflict and revolutionary ideology would define modern societies.

• Karl PolanyiRelated: Marx and Polanyi both analyzed capitalism’s social upheavals, though through different frameworks.

• Political sociologyRelated: His analysis of class and the state shaped major traditions in political sociology.

• Social constructivismRelated: Historical materialist ideas inform accounts of knowledge as shaped by social and material conditions.

• Alexander HerzenCompared with: Herzen’s socialism differed from Marx’s confidence in proletarian revolution and historical necessity.

• Anthony GiddensRelated: Giddens revisits Marx’s account of capitalism while extending analysis to other institutional dimensions of modernity.

• CommodityRelated: Marx made the commodity the starting point of his critique of capitalism.

• G. W. F. HegelRelated: Marx adapted Hegelian dialectic while grounding historical development in material social relations.

• Henri de Saint-SimonCompared with: Marx classified Saint-Simon among the utopian socialists while proposing a different account of historical change.

• Henri LefebvreRelated: Lefebvre reworked Marx’s concepts of production and alienation for modern social life.

• Karl KautskyRelated: Kautsky systematized Marx’s writings and became a leading interpreter of Marxism.

• Political ideologyRelated: Marx’s account of class conflict became foundational to several modern ideologies.

• Political spectrumRelated: Marxist movements gave the left–right divide a powerful class and economic interpretation.

• Reserve army of labourRelated: Marx developed the reserve army concept as part of his critique of capitalist production.

• Slavoj ŽižekRelated: Marx’s critique of capitalism grounds Žižek’s analyses of ideology and political economy.

• Giambattista VicoRelated: Marx’s account of institutions as human products invites comparison with Vico’s maker-centered approach.

• Jacques EllulRelated: Ellul engaged deeply with Marx’s critique of society while rejecting deterministic readings of history.

• Louis BlancRelated: Marx’s later account of the 1848 revolution criticized Blanc’s political strategy.

• Permanent revolutionNarrower topic: Trotsky’s account adapts Marxist expectations about class struggle and international transformation.

• Social ownershipRelated: His analysis made collective control of production central to revolutionary socialist theory.

• The Phenomenology of SpiritRelated: Marx adopted and transformed Hegelian dialectical ideas while rejecting their idealist foundation.

• Value TheoryRelated: Marx developed a labor theory of value centered on socially necessary labor time.

• Young HegeliansRelated: His early critique of Hegelian and religious criticism marks a consequential departure from the group.

• AccelerationismRelated: Accelerationist readings draw on his account of capitalism as a force that transforms production and social life.

• Aesthetic TheoryRelated: Marx’s critique informs the book’s account of art’s entanglement with capitalist society.

• Communist partyRelated: His writings became a foundational source for communist party programs.

• Marxist anthropologyNarrower topic: His analysis of class, labor, and production supplies the approach’s central concepts.

• Marxist sociologyBroader topic: His analyses of capitalism and class provide the approach’s principal source.

• Scientific socialismRelated: His critique of political economy and account of class struggle shaped the doctrine.

• SocietyRelated: Marx foregrounded material interests and power in the organization of society.

• Georgi PlekhanovNarrower topic: Plekhanov’s Russian theories developed through interpretation and advocacy of Marx’s work.

• History of Economic ThoughtBroader topic: His work founded a lasting critical tradition in economic thought.

• Max StirnerCompared with: Marx and Engels answered Stirner at length in The German Ideology, criticizing his individualism.

• Murray BookchinRelated: Bookchin drew on Marxist analysis but argued that class struggle alone could not explain hierarchy.

• Raymond AronCompared with: Aron engaged Marx’s thought while opposing deterministic readings and communist political practice.

• Ruling classRelated: Marx made ownership of productive property central to his account of ruling power.

• The Decline of the WestCompared with: Marx’s materialist account contrasts with Spengler’s emphasis on cultural destiny and organic form.

• The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of CapitalismCompared with: Weber’s emphasis on religious ideas contrasts with Marxian explanations centered on material relations.

• Anton PannekoekNarrower topic: Marx’s account of class struggle supplied the framework Pannekoek reworked for workers’ self-emancipation.

• Antonio NegriRelated: Negri reworked Marx’s account of labor, value, and class antagonism.

• Daniel De LeonNarrower topic: Marx’s analysis of class and capitalism supplied the theoretical framework De Leon adapted.

• Johann MostRelated: Most began as a socialist politician before breaking with the movement’s reformist and parliamentary direction.

• Left-wing politicsRelated: Marx’s analysis of class conflict became a lasting framework for left-wing movements.

• Ralf DahrendorfCompared with: Dahrendorf retained class conflict while rejecting ownership as its sole foundation.

• Social theoryRelated: His account of material conflict became a major source of critical theory.

• Sociological theoryRelated: His account of class and economic power became a foundation for conflict approaches.

• Structure and agencyRelated: His account of material conditions and class struggle became a central reference point.

• V. Gordon ChildeRelated: Marxist historical materialism informed Childe’s accounts of social transformation.