Young Marx and the crisis of political philosophy

Abstract

Within the history of political philosophy Marx is, without doubt, a classic author whose work is an essential key to understand the spirit of the age of revolutionary ideology which spans from the outbreak of the French Revolution to the fall of the Berlin wall. In addition, he is an author whose conceptual apparatus maintains its validity for any contemporary theoretical or analytical undertaking. Nowadays, when Marxism seems like a reality historically located in the past, is when, perhaps, it is possible to create a more balanced and reasonable assessment of the decisive role of Marx in the history of political thought and, hence, assimilate the teachings of this classic author.