THE METAMORPHOSES OF MARXISM Steven Gouldner This text was originally written in 1990. In the 2000s a formally corrected version appeared. The current text is already a third version, with a slightly greater change, with some broader formal changes to meet the need for this publication. The content is the same, only the form and some small details are the novelty. The reason for this small formal change and details is with the objective of increasing its precision, its coherence, and also to accompany the development of the author's thought, as it was possible to effect a deepening after 30 years of his writing. The text's theme is the supposed crisis of Marxism that is explained through its metamorphoses and confusion between Marxism and pseudomarxism. How to explain the supposed “crisis of Marxism”? This is the initial question and starting point and the conclusion is that there is no crisis of Marxism, because such ...