Mark Hulliung

Marxism figured prominently in the thought of Lewis Feuer from the beginning to the end of his long career, from his youth in the 1930s to his writings half a century later. At times his muse, Marxism on other occasions was the object of his wrath. If our intention is to investigate the significance of Marxism in Feuer's mature writings the place to begin is the 1950s, which is when he "arrived" as a scholar; and our most promising focal point in that decade is the question of the role he played in the famous "end of ideology" debate.