Synopsis
May 2018 sees the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx's birth. Laurie Taylor explores the philosopher's ideas and legacy.
- Programme: Thinking Allowed
- Episode: Marx and Marxism
- Channel: BBC Radio 4
- Broadcast year: 2018
- Sociology | How can patterns and trends in social inequality and difference be explained? | Sociological explanations of social inequalities: functionalism, Marxism, feminism, Weberian
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