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1、KARLMARXFrancisWheenDedicationForJuliaContentsCoverTitlePageDedicationIntroduction1TheOutsider2TheLittleWildBoar3TheGrass-eatingKing4TheMouseintheAttic5TheFrightfulHobgoblin6TheMegalosaurus7TheHungryWolves8TheHeroonHorseback9TheBulldogsandtheHyena10TheShaggyDog11TheRogueEle
2、phant12TheShavenPorcupinePOSTSCRIPT1:ConsequencesPOSTSCRIPT2:ConfessionsPOSTSCRIPT3:RegicideEndnotesIndexAcknowledgementsAbouttheAuthorPraiseforKarlMarx:OtherWorksCopyrightAboutthePublisherIntroductionTherewereonlyelevenmournersatKarlMarx’sfuneralon17March1883.‘Hisnameandwo
3、rkwillendurethroughtheages,’FriedrichEngelspredictedinagravesideorationatHighgatecemetery.Itseemedanunlikelyboast,buthewasright.ThehistoryofthetwentiethcenturyisMarx’slegacy.Stalin,Mao,Che,Castro–theiconsandmonstersofthemodernagehaveallpresentedthemselvesashisheirs.Whetherh
4、ewouldrecognisethemassuchisquiteanothermatter.Eveninhislifetime,theanticsofself-styleddisciplesoftendrovehimtodespair.OnhearingthatanewFrenchpartyclaimedtobeMarxist,herepliedthatinthatcase‘I,atleast,amnotaMarxist’.Nevertheless,withinonehundredyearsofhisdeathhalftheworld’spo
5、pulationwasruledbygovernmentsthatprofessedMarxismtobetheirguidingfaith.Hisideashavetransformedthestudyofeconomics,history,geography,sociologyandliterature.NotsinceJesusChristhasanobscurepauperinspiredsuchglobaldevotion–orbeensocalamitouslymisinterpreted.Itistimetostripawayt
6、hemythologyandtrytorediscoverKarlMarxtheman.TherehavebeenthousandsofbooksaboutMarxism,butalmostallhavebeenwrittenbyacademicsandzealotsforwhomitisanear-blasphemytotreathimasafigureoffleshandblood–aPrussianémigréwhobecameamiddle-classEnglishgentleman;anangryagitatorwhospentmu
7、chofhisadultlifeinthescholarlysilenceoftheBritishMuseumReadingRoom;agregariousandconvivialhostwhofelloutwithalmostallhisfriends;adevotedfamilymanwhoimpregnatedhishousemaid;andadeeplyearnestphilosopherwholoveddrink,cigarsandjokes.FortheWest,duringtheColdWar,hewasthedemonicbe
8、getterofallevil,thefounderofanawesomelysinistercult,themanwhosebalefulinfluencemus
