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Marxist philosophy
promise and reality
pp. 83-93
in: , Evaluating philosophies, Berlin, Springer, 2012Abstract
Marxism has been ignored, criticized, travestied, and vilified during more than a century. But no one can honestly deny that Karl Marx was a great economist, as well as a courageous social critic and labor organizer, a brilliant journalist, and the deepest and most eloquent critic of capitalism. Even the pope Benedict XVI admitted that Marx has fascinated and continues to fascinate.