Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society: The Life of Marx and the Development of His WorkFor over a century, Karl Marx's critique of capitalism has been a crucial resource for social movements. Now, recent economic crises have made it imperative for us to comprehend and actualize Marx's ideas. But without a knowledge of Karl Marx's life as he lived it, neither Marx nor his works can be fully understood. There are more than twenty five comprehensive biographies of Marx, but none of them consider his life and work in equal, corresponding