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Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birt... Karl Marx did not know what we know: he did not know that he was Karl Marx.

Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birt...

Had this knowledge been available to him, it would have consoled him during the many moments when he wondered whether his life's work would matter to anyone, whether the sacrifices he and his family endured in the process of constructing the edifice of his thought would ultimately be justified by his role in history. Perhaps even we, with the benefit of hindsight, still cannot answer that question: whether the effects of his work have been good or bad, on the whole, is an impossible question to answer, given the impossibility of imagining a Marx-less twentieth century. It cannot be doubted, though, that Marx had a profound and radical impact on that century and will continue to matter for the foreseeable future.

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Philosophy. Political Economy. Search marxists.org. Marxists Internet Archive.