Marx said that “the philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to change it.” Here we have the revolutionary impulse behind progressive “analysis” stated openly: what passes for neutral description is often concealed advocacy.

No analysis is ever neutral, and the Critical Editions series unmasks the goals, values, and commitments that stand behind major works of political and intellectual history. In this series, Imperium Press presents these texts accompanied by rigorous critical commentary and scholarly apparatus. The aim is to recover the argument of each work in its integrity while also testing its coherence, assumptions, and limits.