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Karl Marx, 1818–83

In: 50 Years a Keynesian and Other Essays

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  • Prue Kerr

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Because some of the tendencies which Marx identified (and his critics mistakenly interpreted as predictions) have not in fact occurred, he must rest content instead, as the late Ronald Meek told us (1967: 128), with being ‘just another genius’. Marx was the most profound interpreter of the capitalism of his age, arguably of any age. He bequeathed to us a set of methods with which to approach issues of high theory, historical and philosophical analysis, and policies embracing Realpolitik in the social sciences. We concentrate here on these aspects of his contributions. His views on the operation of socialism and of its transformation to communism are on a different plane, often approaching in naivety those of Utopian Christian Socialists — hence the non sequitur involved in supposing that the overthrow of the USSR and Eastern European regimes discredits Marx’s most enduring contributions, Baroness Thatcher notwithstanding.

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  • Prue Kerr, 2001. "Karl Marx, 1818–83," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: 50 Years a Keynesian and Other Essays, chapter 9, pages 157-168, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-52331-9_9
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230523319_9
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