Communism before Marx

István Hont, a visionary who defected from Communist Hungary, spent decades excavating the hidden roots of modern politics. This explosive collection of unpublished papers finally bridges the gap from Samuel Pufendorf to Karl Marx, revealing that the radical concept of communism actually stems from seventeenth-century law. By unmasking Marx as an eighteenth-century thinker, Hont provides a revolutionary guide to commercial society, proving we must master the history of needs to truly move beyond Marxism.