David McLellan (born 10 February 1940) is an English scholar of Marxism. He was formerly a professor of political theory at the University of Kent.
Life David McLellan was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and read Classics at St. John's College, Oxford University.
McLellan is visiting professor of political theory at Goldsmiths' College, University of London. He was previously professor of political theory at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent. He has also been visiting professor at the State University of New York, guest fellow in politics at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Simla, and has lectured in North America and Europe. He has written extensively on the thought of Karl Marx, and has also written on the thought of Friedrich Engels and Simone Weil. He also supervised the Iranian foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi
Bibliography The Young Hegelians and Karl Marx, 1969. Marx before Marxism, 1970. The Thought of Karl Marx: An Introduction, 1971. Karl Marx: His Life and Thought, 1973 (also published under the title Karl Marx: A Biography). Marx, Fontana Modern Masters, 1975. Marxism - an Introduction, Catholic Truth Society, 1976. Karl Marx: Selected Writings, 1977 . Engels, Fontana Modern Masters, 1977. Karl Marx: The Legacy, 1983. Marx: The first hundred years, 1983, Frances Pinter, London, . Marxism and Religion, 1987 . Marxism, 1988 . Simone Weil: Utopian Pessimist, 1989 . Utopian Pessimist: The Life and Thought of Simone Weil, 1990 . Unto Caesar, 1993 . Marxism after Marx, Harper & Row, 1980; MacMillan, 1998 .
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External links Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 17 December 2012 (video) (was www.sms.cam.ac.uk/media/1407133)