Marcel Liebman
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Marcel Liebman (1929 - 1986) was a Belgian Marxist historian of political sociology and theory, active at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
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[edit] Biography
An historian of socialism and of communism, he published a number of well known essays, notably on the Russian Revolution, Leninism and the history of the labour movement in Belgium. He was also an early initiator of Israeli-Palestinian dialogue. His intellectual methodology was engaged, critical and rigorous.
From 1962 to 1967, he was editor of the weekly journal La Gauche (The Left) and in 1968 founded the journal Mai (May) which existed until 1973.
In 1976, he participated in the creation of the Association Belgo-Palestinienne, with Naïm Khader and Pierre Galand, where he was General-Secretary.
Riton Liebman, his son, is a comedian, author and director.
A foundation under the directorship Mateo Alaluf was created at the Université Libre de Bruxelles upon Marcel Liebman's death in 1986. In December 2005 the foundation was converted into the Marcel Liebman Institute. This Institute aims to contribute to socialist thought and the study of left as well as a critical reflection on the practices of social movements.
[edit] English Bibliogrpahy
- « The Webbs and the New Civilisation », Survey, n° 41, April 1962
- “Communication on ‘Survey’ (letter)”, New Left Review, n° 18, January-February 1963
- « 1914 : The Great Schism », The Socialist Register, 1964
- « The Crisis of Belgian Social Democracy », The Socialist Register, 1966
- « Introduction » in Isaac Deutscher, Russia After Stalin, Jonathan Cape, London, 1969
- « Israel, Palestine and Zionism », The Socialist Register, 1970
- « Lenin in 1905. A Revolution that Shook a Doctrine », in Lenin Today. Eight Essays on the Hundreth Anniversary of Lenin’s Death, (P. M. Sweezy et Harry Magdoff eds), Monthly Review Press, New York, 1970
- « Isaac Deutscher as Historian of the Russian Revolution », in Isaac Deutscher. The Man and His Work, Edit. by David Horowitz, Macdonald, Londres, 1971
- « Bukharinism, Revolution and Social Development », The Socialist Register, 1975
- « Reflections on Anti-Communism » (with Ralph Miliband), The Socialist Register, 1984 and Monthly Review, vol. 37, July 1985
- « Preface » in Social Democracy and After, Edited by Ralph Miliband, John Saville, Marcel Liebman and Leo Panitch, The Socialist Register, 1985-1986
- « Reformism Yesterday and Social Democracy Today », The Socialist Register, 1985-1986
- « Beyond Social Democracy » (with Ralph Miliband), The Socialist Register, 1985-1986
- « Born Jewish: A Choldhood in Occupied Europe » Verso Books 2005
[edit] Articles
- Trotsky assassiné by Marcel Liebman in La Gauche, August 1965
- Lenin in 1905. A revolution that shook a doctrine in Monthly Review, 1970
