Was Marx actually a Marxist?
I’ve just watched a recording of the BBC 4 profile of Karl Marx, the first programme in a new short series of great thinkers presented by British historian Bettany Hughes.
I’ve always recoiled from most of the ideas in Marxism and, when I read a biography of Marx, I rather recoiled from the man himself. In particular, I felt that this was not a man who lived life according to my own principles of decency and kindness.
You can read my review of this biography here.