Roman Rosdolsky

Roman Rosdolsky

Roman Osipovich Rosdolsky (Ukrainian: Рома́н О́сипович Роздо́льський Roman Osipovič Rozdol's'kyj) (Lemberg, July 19, 1898 – Detroit, October 20, 1967) was a prominent Ukrainian Marxian scholar, historian and political theorist. Rodolsky's book of 1968 entitled Zur Entstehungsgeschichte des Marxschen 'Kapital' : Der Rohentwurf des Kapital 1857–1858 (On the history of the creation of Marx's 'Kapital' : The rough draft of Capital 1857–1858; English translation of 1977: The Making of Marx's Capital), became a foundational text in the rediscovery of Marx critique of political economy,[1] as well as influenced later scholars such as Moishe Postone.[2]