Putting Karl Marx into context Why another biography of Karl Marx? As the subtitle of this new biography indicates, Jonathan Sperber, a professor of Central European history at the University of Missouri, proposes to place Marx's life and thought squarely within their 19th-century context. For too long, Sperber argues, the various images or "icons" of Marx as prophet, visionary, or anti-Christ have obscured what is truly ...
July 8, 2013 - The Philadelphia Inquirer