Marx, Engels, and Russia: A Tale of Forgery, Mistranslation, and False Attributions.
Russian politician Vladimir Medinsky's criticisms of Marx turn out, on close inspection, to be poorly sourced and inaccurate; this is unsurprising, given their author's ideological stance and his track record of falsifications. But examination of Marx and Engels' writings does reveal alarming rhetor...
| Publicado en: | Science & Society Vol. 90; no. 2; pp. 247 - 263 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Apr2026
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