Author: Reiner Ruffing
Illustrator: Ansgar Lorenz
Translation: Almudena Otero Villena

An illustrated introduction to the figure and thought of Karl Marx, one of the most influential thinkers of our time.

Although Marx's social proposals are constantly referred to by contemporary philosophers and politicians, the current economic and social crisis forces us to resurrect his theories. However, entering Marx's philosophical thinking can be a somewhat complex task: What is historical materialism and how does it work? How do the proletarians unite? Why is religion referred to as "opium of the people"? How does Marx relate to Hegel? How do the concepts of Marxism, socialism, communism, Leninism, Stalinism or Maoism arise?
The present work offers the answers to these and other questions in an entertaining and clearly understandable way. Equipped with abundant anecdotal and biographical material, Karl Marx. Philosophy for beginners masterfully combines illustration and text to offer students, professors, philosophy buffs or anyone else interested in the history of philosophy one of the best insights into the life and thought of the German philosopher.