Terrell Carver is a Professor of Political Theory at the University of Bristol, UK. He is also a co-editor of Palgrave's Marx, Engels, and Marxisms series.

1. Introduction to the 30th Anniversary Edition

2. Intellectual Awakening

3. Beginning of a Career

4. Autodidact in Philosophy

5. Manchester Man

6. Personal and Political

7. Continental Communist

8. Emigration

9. Conclusion: Politician and Theorist