Modern Quarterly (British journal)

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Modern Quarterly was a British Marxist journal founded in 1938 and was the first academic journal in Britain dedicated to Marxism.

It had an editorial council composed of: [1]

From 1945 to 1953 the journal was edited by the Welsh Marxist philosopher John Lewis [2] It was continuously published until 1953 when it became the Marxist Quarterly. It was closely associated with the Communist Party of Great Britain. [3] [4]

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Modern Quarterly may refer to:

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References

  1. "Modern Quarterly". Wellcome Library. Wellcome Library. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  2. Roberts, Edwin A. (1997). The Anglo-Marxists: A Study in Ideology and Culture. Rowman & Littlefields. p. 88. ISBN   9780847683963.
  3. Paananen, Victor N. (2013). British Marxist Criticism. Routledge. p. 23. ISBN   9781134817252.
  4. Lee, Frederic (2009). A History of Heterodox Economics: Challenging the Mainstream in the Twentieth Century. Routledge. p. 119. ISBN   9781135970222.