Marcello Musto is a Visiting Professor of Political Theory at York University.
Career
His books, articles and chapters in collective volumes (more than 100) have been published in 16 languages. His monograph Ripensare Marx e i marxismi. 24, n. In 1998, Musto was arrested and detained for three days in Diyarbakir, Turkey, during Newroz celebrations in support of the Kurdish cause.
According to the newspaper Sabah, in 2000 his name was included in a blacklist, compiled by the Turkish Interior Ministry, of 56 international MPs, journalists, and political activists barred from entering Turkey.
Politics
Musto"s work focuses on the analysis of Karl Marx"s thought, its current relevance, and Marxism. His research interests also include the history of socialist thought, theories of alienation, and economic crises. His edited collection Karl Marx’s Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy 150 Years Later has been translated into three languages and has received significant scholarly attention.
Studi e saggi has been positively reviewed in several Italian newspapers. He is a regular contributor to L"Unità and member of the editorial boards of the journals Louisiana Pensée (France), Critica Marxista (Italy), Socialism and Democracy (United States of America), Herramienta (Argentina), Marxism 21 (South of Korea), and Register of Critical Theory of Society (China). From the Studies of 1843 to the Grundrisse”, Socialism and Democracy, volunteer
International journal of socialist renewal, January 2, 2011. “Political Crisis in Italy and Greece: Marx on "Technical Government"”, Monthly Review Zine, November 11, 2011.