Marxism 101

[Charles Brown]

I have a small bio of Big Daddy Karl at home
that I will try to find.
Volumes 1 and 2 of the Collected Works of 
Marx and Engels (International) have, of course, lots of
early thoughts including poems and
doctoral dissertation. A  piece,
"Reflections of a Young Man on the
Choice of a Profession". It also
has a famous letter from Marx to his
father in which he says he has found
a way to combine the "is" and the
"ought". Marx's first
"college major" was jurisprudence and
his father was a lawyer.

Yvonee Kapp wrote a two volume biography(Pantheon)
of Marx's daughter Eleanor, which has a lot
on the adult Marx's household.

_Fredrick Engels: His Life and Work_
(documents and photographs) was
published by Progress , but I don't
know if Progress still functions like that.

The first five pages of Lenin's _The Teachings
of Karl Marx_ are a brief personal biography.

Charles Brown

  Detroit


>>> Les Schaffer <godzilla at netmeg.net> 09/09 4:52 PM >>>
>>>>> ">" == Charles Brown <CharlesB at CNCL.ci.detroit.mi.us> writes:

    >> _The Manifesto of the Communist Party_ by Marx and Engels.

    >> _Capital_ by Marx, 

well, since we are on about the 101 level, i am looking for the 'best' 
biography i can find on dear ole Karl M. Any recommendations? 

i have the one by Isaiah berlin, called, uhhhhh, Karl Marx. i am
looking for something more in depth -- childhood, university
experience (he's clearly a well read and eclectic kinda guy), family
life, etc etc. i understand from the berlin book that teenager Karl
had an older adult friend who he used to walk with and discuss
anything and everything. i am interested in hearing more of those
kinds of tidbits about K.'s development.

sorry: comments in this case about cult-of-personalities will be
discared on sight.

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