El descubrimiento del marxismo del siglo XXI entre dilemas y certezas: Gareth Stedman Jones y su biografía sobre Karl Marx

Authors

  • José-Tomás Velasco Sánchez Universidad de Zaragoza

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_historiografias/hrht.5062

Abstract

This article examines the historiographic debate brought about by the publishing of the work Karl Marx. Greatness and Illusion by Gareth Stedman Jones in the Anglo-Saxon world. The article reviews the influence of Karl Marx over history of humankind, the suitability of Stedman Jones as a Marx’s biographer, and the impact of the work both in the media and in the academic world. The conclusion of the debate is that Karl Marx is considered to be the father of social and economic history.       

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Author Biography

  • José-Tomás Velasco Sánchez, Universidad de Zaragoza

    José-Tomás Velasco Sánchez earned a PhD in History from the University of Zaragoza (Spain) and a postgraduate Degree in Document Management from the University of Salamanca (Spain). He has also developed postdoctoral studies in the Research Institute for the Study of Culture (ICOG) at the University of Groningen (Netherlands). In the field of history of historiography, he has published two articles so far: the first is devoted to study of the impact of the Historia General del Arte conducted by Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1849-1923) in the historiography of the history of Spanish art (article written for the Centre d’Estudis Lluis Domènech i Montaner), and the second is focused on the birth of the historiography and history of Spanish Freemasonry as a specific knowledge area from 1964 to 1984 (article written for the XV International Symposium on the History of Spanish Freemasonry).

     

     

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Published

2020-12-31 — Updated on 2021-01-08

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Issue

Número 20 (Julio-Diciembre, 2020)

Section

Historia y Teoría

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How to Cite

Velasco Sánchez, J.-T. . (2021). El descubrimiento del marxismo del siglo XXI entre dilemas y certezas: Gareth Stedman Jones y su biografía sobre Karl Marx. Historiografías, 18-34. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_historiografias/hrht.5062 (Original work published 2020)
Received 2020-12-31
Accepted 2020-12-31
Published 2021-01-08