Of all the "Philosophers in 90 Minutes" books I've found, this one interested me the least. I thought I knew all about Marx, or at least that I knew as much as about him as any non-communist needed to. I was both right and wrong. I was right in that you can get along very well in 21st century America without knowing much of anything about Karl Marx. I was wrong in thinking I knew all about him.
Strathern has again done a very good job of taking an entire life and oeuvre and boiling it down to its fundamentals. The amazing thing is that while this is a very basic look at Marx's life and work, it never feels basic. I recommend it.
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