Rick Kuhn
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Rick Kuhn | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 September 1955 |
| Academic background | |
| Influences | Marx · Engels · Lenin · Luxemburg · Trotsky · Cliff · Grossman · Lukács |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Politics and international relations |
| School or tradition | Marxian economics |
| Institutions | Australian National University |
| Awards | Deutscher Memorial Prize |
Rick Kuhn (born 18 September 1955) is an Australian Marxian economist, political analyst and reader at the Australian National University in Canberra.[1][2] He is best known for his biographical study on Henryk Grossman, for which he won the Deutscher Memorial Prize in 2007.[3] Chris Harman of the British Socialist Workers Party and editor of International Socialism described the biography as "a valuable addition to our theoretical armour."[4] Kuhn is of Jewish origin and is a member of Jews Against Oppression and Occupation.[5] He was the convenor of ACTNOW, the umbrella anti-war organisation in Canberra, formed in response to the wars on Afghanistan[6] and Iraq.[7] He is also a long-term member of the Trotskyist organisation Socialist Alternative[8] and was a founding editor of the online journal Marxist Interventions.[9] Kuhn has published articles in Socialist Alternative,[5] International Socialist Review,[10] Socialist Worker,[11] New Matilda,[12] Monthly Review,[13] ZNet,[14] The Canberra Times[15] and various academic journals and edited collections.[16]
