@article{oai:reitaku.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000507,
 author = {Luff, Peter and Luff, Peter},
 issue = {1},
 journal = {麗澤学際ジャーナル, Reitaku Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {This article reviews the recently published biography of Karl Marx by Jonathan Sperber, Curator’s Professor of History at the University of Missouri. It notes how, in making full use of the documentary material assembled by the MEGA project, Sperber is able to set Marx in his historical context and better explain the course that he charted, particularly in the revolutionary years of 1848–49. It suggests, however, that there is a cost to this, since Sperber’s detailed and sensitive grasp of the times is not always balanced by similar quality of insight into the nature of the man himself, especially in key areas like the source of his atheism and the significance of his relationships with the women in his life. Considerable use is therefore made of the work of other writers, most notably Thomas Masaryk, in an attempt to discern the deeper significance of some of the evidence that Sperber has assembled. The problem of accounting for the anger that permeated Marx’s thinking and writing is addressed, and a picture drawn of an individual who found it exceptionally difficult to come to terms with any form of restraint on his behaviour or thought. The significance of the turbid nature of his thought for the twentieth century is explored and an attempt made to assess the degree of his responsibility for the impact that Marxism had on countries such as Russia and China after his death.},
 pages = {119--140},
 title = {From Trier to Eternity : The Life and Legacy of Karl Marx},
 volume = {22},
 year = {2014}
}