A World To Win Av Sven-Eric Liedman

<b>This essential Karl Marx biography expertly weaves the complex personality of the legendary thinker through the turbulent passage of global history.</b><br>  <br> The first biography to give equal weight to both the work and life of Karl Marx, A <i>World to Win</i> follows Marx through childhood and student days, a difficult and sometimes tragic family life, his far-sighted journalism, and his enduring friendship and intellectual partnership with Friedrich Engels.<br><br> Building on the work of previous biographers, Liedman employs a commanding knowledge of the 19th century to create a definitive portrait of Marx and his vast contribution to the way the world understands itself. He shines a light on Marx’s influences, explains his political and intellectual interventions, and builds on the legacy of his thought. Liedman shows how Marx’s masterpiece, <i>Capital</i>, illuminates the essential logic of a system that drives dizzying wealth, grinding poverty, and awesome technological innovation to this day.<br><br>Compulsively readable and meticulously researched, <i>A World to Win</i> demonstrates that Marx’s work remains the bedrock for any true understanding of our political and economic condition, even two centuries after his death.