Question for the first essay: Marx wrote that people make history, but in circumstances not of their own choosing: they have to function within the world that was made by previous generations. Explain how the content of Marx’s work as an intellectual and a political activist is intertwined with the circumstances of his life, up to 1852 when he publishes The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte. You are not expected to look at works that we are not studying together, but you may do so at your discretion.