Karl Marx, laut Geburtsurkunde aber Carl Marx (* 5. Mai 1818 in Trier; † 14. März 1883 in London), war ein deutscher Philosoph, Ökonom, Gesellschaftstheoretiker, politischer Journalist, Protagonist der Arbeiterbewegung sowie Kritiker der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft und der Religion. Zusammen mit Friedrich Engels wurde er zum einflussreichsten Theoretiker des Sozialismus und Kommunismus.
Bis in die Gegenwart sind seine Theorien Gegenstand des geschichts- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Diskurses, in letzterem vor allem im Bereich der Wirtschafts- und Politikwissenschaft. Wikipedia
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A nice and interesting service by the LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS, a collection of articles and reviews from the magazine's back issues:
Marx
doesn’t use the word ‘capitalism’. The term never occurs in the finished
first part of Das Kapital. Since he is widely, and accurately, seen
as capitalism’s greatest critic, this is quite an omission.
They
say, and it does seem to be true, that we get the prime ministers and
presidents we deserve. Now, it looks as if each generation is going to get
the Karl Marx it deserves.
Marxism
is about leisure, not labour. It is a project that should be eagerly
supported by all those who dislike having to work. It holds that the most
precious activities are those done simply for the hell of it, and that art is
in this sense the paradigm of authentic human activity.
Eleanor’s
letters are full of detail about the labour movement in Britain, the
unskilled and women workers now flocking into trade unions, and socialist
sects and factions and their feuding. ‘It would all be very funny if it
weren’t very sad,’ she wrote of these, as she might well write today.
One
way of confronting the annoying fact that many women ‘have no histories’ is
to invent histories for them. The knack is perhaps most needed when a woman
has lived a not entirely invisible life, but one partially hidden behind a
famous husband.
The Event of Literature by Terry Eagleton – review Terry Eagleton's theory of literature allows for the 'bad' as well as the good. Stuart Kelly, Guardian, 6.4.2012
Terry
Eagleton’s attempt to define literature is impressive, but he fails to
recognise that this definition is not merely descriptive – it’s also
evaluative. by Sarah Boyes, SP!KED
