Karl Marx
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Few figures in modern history have reshaped the intellectual and political landscape of the world as profoundly as Karl Marx — a man whose ideas, born in the turbulent crucible of 19th-century European radicalism, continue to ignite debate and inspire movements to this day. Colin Gumbrell's biography, part of the distinguished Evergreen Lives series edited by Michael and Mollie Hardwick, chronicles the life of this towering philosopher, economist, and revolutionary, tracing his journey from his bourgeois upbringing in Trier, Germany, through his years of intellectual ferment in Paris and Brussels, to his long exile in London where Das Kapital took shape amid poverty and relentless study. Gumbrell presents Marx not merely as a distant ideological colossus, but as a profoundly human figure — a devoted father, a passionate polemicist, and a restless intellectual whose partnership with Friedrich Engels produced some of the most consequential texts ever written. The biography illuminates the central tensions of Marx's life: his burning conviction that history was driven by class struggle, set against the grinding personal hardships that shadowed his every decade. Written with clarity and scholarly authority, this concise yet insightful portrait leaves the reader asking a question that Marx himself would have relished: can any single mind truly change the world?
Author: Colin Gumbrell
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few figures in modern history have reshaped the intellectual and political landscape of the world as profoundly as Karl Marx — a man whose ideas, born in the turbulent crucible of 19th-century European radicalism, continue to ignite debate and inspire movements to this day. Colin Gumbrell's biography, part of the distinguished Evergreen Lives series edited by Michael and Mollie Hardwick, chronicles the life of this towering philosopher, economist, and revolutionary, tracing his journey from his bourgeois upbringing in Trier, Germany, through his years of intellectual ferment in Paris and Brussels, to his long exile in London where Das Kapital took shape amid poverty and relentless study. Gumbrell presents Marx not merely as a distant ideological colossus, but as a profoundly human figure — a devoted father, a passionate polemicist, and a restless intellectual whose partnership with Friedrich Engels produced some of the most consequential texts ever written. The biography illuminates the central tensions of Marx's life: his burning conviction that history was driven by class struggle, set against the grinding personal hardships that shadowed his every decade. Written with clarity and scholarly authority, this concise yet insightful portrait leaves the reader asking a question that Marx himself would have relished: can any single mind truly change the world?