David Leopold

Dr David Leopold is a fixed term fellow in Politics at Mansfield College, Oxford University. Probably most well known amongst readers for his much disputed interpretation of Max Stirner's major work "The Ego and Its Own" in his introduction to the Cambridge University Press edition of the book.

David is interested in both political theory and the history of political thought. He has published widely in the history of nineteenth-century political thought, including work on Hegel and (left) Hegelianism, Karl Marx, utopianism, and anarchism.

His publications include:

Books:

David Leopold, The Young Karl Marx: German Philosophy, Modern Politics, and Human Flourishing (Cambridge University Press, 2007).

William Morris, News From Nowhere, edited and introduced by David Leopold (Oxford University Press, 2003).

Max Stirner, The Ego and Its Own, edited and introduced by David Leopold (Cambridge University Press, 2000).

Recent Articles:

'Socialism and Utopia', Journal of Political Ideologies, volume 12, no. 3 (October 2007) pp.219-237.

David Leopold, 'The Structure of Marx and Engels Considered Account of Utopian Socialism', History of Political Thought, volume XXVI, no. 3 (2005) pp.443-466.

David Leopold, 'The State and I: Max Stirner's Anarchism', Douglas Moggach (edited), The New Hegelians, Politics and Philosophy in the Hegelian School (Cambridge University Press, 2006) pp.176-199.

http://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/about/staff/staff.asp?action=show&person=188