So what kind of man was Karl Marx?
All around the world – but in very different ways – people are marking today as the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx in Trier, Prussia. Although my politics have always been firmly Left of Centre, I’ve never been attracted to Marx’s ideas.
I acknowledge that he is a giant in philosophical and political thought but, as a man, he was a deeply flawed character as explained in my review of the biography by Francis Wheen.