Genius of the Modern World — Season 1, Episode 1: Marx
Documentary • 60 min • 1 season, 3 episodes • ★ 7.6/10
Episode synopsis
Bettany begins her journey in the city of Trier on the banks of the Mosel in Germany. It was here on the 5 May 1818 that Karl Marx, one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century was born.
About Genius of the Modern World
Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world - Karl Marx, Frederick Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud.