Historical-Critical Dictionary of Marxism (HCDM)

The dictionary project was founded in 1983 by Wolfgang Fritz Haug at the occasion of the 100th obit of Karl Marx.

Its first oeuvre was the German edition of Georges Labica's Critical Dictionary of Marxism (KWM) in 8 volumes from 1983 to 1989 (Preface to KWM 1, 1983)

Initially, the plan was to publish some complementary volumes to the KWM. However, under the impression of the collapse of European state socialism, this plan morphed into the project of the Historical-Critical Dictionary of Marxism (HKWM). Its publication started in 1994.