Renewed interest in philosopher fires celebrations of 200 years since his birth on 5 May 1818 A spectre is haunting Europe in 2018 – to borrow from one of his catchier one-liners – the spectre of Karl Marx himself. Two hundred years after the philosopher’s birth, a small industry is gathering pace, from plans for major events in Trier, the city on the Moselle where he was born, to a new tour of the Manchester streets that he and Friedrich Engels walked as they discussed the condition of the city’s emerging working class. The bicentenary on 5 May will be marked with exhibitions, lectures, conferences, histories and novels. The books are starting to pile up. Last month saw a new edition of _Marxism – a Graphic Guide_, a collaboration by philosophy lecturer Rupert Woodfin and comic book artist Oscar Zárate, while titles by heavyweight specialists on Marxism are on the way. They include a reprint of literary theorist Terry Eagleton’s bestselling _Why Marx Was Right_, along with a new edition of _The Communist Manifesto_ – which starts with the “spectre” quotation – including an introduction by the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. Continue reading...
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