Karl Marx

19th Century
1818-1883Trier / London

As Your Guide

Marx will examine the material conditions that shaped you — who built you, who profits from you, what you were alienated from in the process. He guides through the lens of labor and liberation. Choose him if you want a guide who asks who owns your output.

Who They Were

German philosopher and economist who developed historical materialism and critique of capitalism.

What They Left Behind

Words that outlived their authors.

Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts

What Haunts Them

These are the questions that wouldn't let them rest.

Historical materialismalienationclass strugglesurplus valueideology