The revolutions in Russia and China were both, at least ostensibly, Marxist in character. The Second World War turned out in favour of the Allies partly because Hitler, blinded by his hatred of ...

The bicentennial of Karl Marx's birth is being marked in his German hometown amid similar controversy to that evoked by the revolutionary philosopher when he was alive. Viewed in the West as a deluded ...

LEGENDARY philosopher Karl Marx completed changed the way we see the world, and created a host of revolutionary theories which are still around today. Born 5 May 1818 in western Germany, Marx's early ...

Reading Karl Marx amid political uncertainty and rise of populism could be a challenging exercise. However, no one could have done a better job than Shlomo Avineri in resuscitating Marx in a ...

In 1845, Karl Marx declared: “philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it”. Change it he did. Political movements representing masses of new industrial ...

Young intellectuals smoking cigars, playing chess and trading philosophical barbs between moves in the mid-19th century may not seem like the makings of compelling cinema. But when situated in a ...

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the Karl Marx exhibition, at the Basilica of Constantine in Trier, Germany, on May 4, 2018. European ...

LEGENDARY philosopher Karl Marx completed changed the way we see the world, and created a host of revolutionary theories which are still around today. But who was he and what happened to him? Born 5 ...