Karl Marx

Content by and about Karl Marx (1818-1883), a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, and communist. He is best known for his theories about capitalism, and for co-authoring The Communist Manifesto with Friedrich Engels.

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Domination without a subject (part one) - Robert Kurz

In Part One of this 1993 essay, Robert Kurz criticizes the largely unexamined assumptions…

Translator's introduction to the 1948 Chilean edition of Anton Pannekoek's Lenin as Philosopher - Lain Diez

A brief introduction to Pannekoek’s book on Lenin that defines the council…

Marx and the Anti-Poll Tax Movement - G. Barr

The poll tax was not an act of pure madness but was an attempt to deal with the intractable problems of the public goods crisis that afflicted…

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Postone’s “Resolution” of Marx’s Imaginary Contradiction: On the revision of the concept of “abstract labor”

David Adam makes a critique Moishe Postone's interpretation Marx's Capital. …

The lost honor of labor - Robert Kurz

In this provocative and wide-ranging 1991 essay, Robert Kurz marshals Marx’s critique of the basic categories of capitalism and argues for …

The ghost of theory - Jaime Semprun

In one of his last essays, a deeply pessimistic Jaime Semprun proclaims the death of "radical theory" and recommends "a good handbook on…

The cat, the mouse, culture and the economy - Anselm Jappe

Essay on the relation between culture and the economy in contemporary capitalism, examining the role…

The metaphysical subtleties of the commodity - Anselm Jappe

Essay by German author Anselm Jappe discussing the history and continuing relevance of the concept…

Reading Marx in the 21st century-Robert Kurz

In this introduction to his 2001 book, Marx Lesen, German author Robert Kurz sets forth brief summaries of his concepts of "non-simultaneity", …

The Abolition of Labour in Marx's Teachings - Uri Zilbersheid

Uri Zilbersheid on Marx's little-discussed ideas on the abolition of labour.

Marx's theory of crisis - Simon Clarke

Clarke looks at Marx's thoughts on crisis, and their historical development.

Marx, marginalism and modern sociology - Simon Clarke

Clarke examines Marx's theory of alienated labour and uses it to critique modern economics and…