The Poverty of Philosophy

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The Poverty of Philosophy is a book by Karl Marx published in Paris and Brussels in 1847. In it, Marx criticizes the economic and philosophical arguments of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon set forth in The System of Economic Contradictions, or The Philosophy of Poverty. Marx specifically accuses Proudhon of wanting to rise above the bourgeoisie. The book is also referenced by rapper Immortal Technique in a 2001 song by the same title; he uses it similarly... more
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Karl Marx

Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883) was a German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, communist and revolutionary, whose ideas are credited as the foundation of modern communism. Marx summarized his approach in the first line of the first...

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