Marxian theory is theory which intends to follow and expand upon Karl Marx's economic analysis or political philosophy, or at least from parts of it. To some, it is distinct from Marxism in that it does not lean entirely upon the work of Marx and other widely known Marxists ( Lenin, Trotsky, etc.), but may draw from a range of Marxist and non-Marxist sources; for example some economists drew from his labour theory of value without accepting the inevitability of proletarianrevolution. However, for others, the distinction between "Marxist" and "Marxian" is totally academic, not to mention non-mnemonic.
