Marx‘ Kritik der Philosophie

»Philosophers have merely interpreted the world in various ways …« and thereby justified the domination of human beings. That is why, according to Marx, anyone who wishes to change the world must reject philosophy as such. However, in order to be able to change the world in a radical way, idealistic elements (Marx: »seeds of life«) of philosophy are indispensable – an antinomical idea which Marx makes the starting point of his revolution in thought that turned philosophy on its head. Ulrich Ruschig demonstrates this through Marx’s positions on justice. Justice is both the ethos and the lubricant of bourgeois society, as well as the spur that drives the revolt against the capitalist mode of production, which is recognised as unjust.