The father of communism and socialism, to some a wicked ideologue with the worst plans for social engineering; to others a heroic thinker who conceived of a freer, fairer world order. No matter what you think of him, Karl Marx’s shadow looms large in modern politics, in history, and in society today.

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Reading list:
The Communist Manifesto: A Modern Edition by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engel
Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion by Gareth Stedman Jones
Titans of History: The Giants Who Made Our World – Simon Sebag Montefiore
One Hundred Great Lives – Odhams Press
Who Was Karl Marx? (DW Documentary)

 

 

Karl Marx