Karl Marx in Paris

Since the slums of the world market are expanding once again and reaching the western metropolises, there too people are increasingly talking about labour and capital, about class and its struggle: In the 200th year after his birth, Marx is once again in vogue. Jan Gerber presents an examination of the life and work of Karl Marx that takes into account the latest research. A special focus is on his first stay in Paris from 1843 to 1845, for it was during this time that Marx developed the central concepts of his thought: he arrived in Paris as a radical democrat and left the city as a convinced class fighter and communist.