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Nineteenth-century social thought was dominated by classical political economy, a set of doctrines that served as a negative point of reference where it did not act as a positive inspiration. For this reason classical political economy has to be the starting point for any serious study of Marxism or of modern sociology, for both were born out of debates that surrounded classical political economy.
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Clarke, S. (1991). Classical Political Economy. In: Marx, Marginalism and Modern Sociology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21808-0_2
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