Stanislaw Brzozowski and the Polish Beginnings of 'Western Marxism'This book introduces the English speaking reader to the thought of Stanislaw Brzozowski (1878 1911), an outstanding Polish philosopher and literary critic. Although little known in the West, Brzozowski is an important forerunner of the intellectual tradition of Western Marxism most commonly associated with Georg Lukcs and Antonio Gramsci. Walicki argues that Brzozowski's antinaturalistic approach resulted in a radical reinterpretation of Marxism that