Robert Kurz (philosopher)


Robert Kurz was a German Marxist philosopher, social critic, journalist and editor of the journal Exit! He was one of Germany's most prominent theorists of value criticism.

Life and work

Robert Kurz was born on 24 December 1943 in Nuremberg to a German working-class family.
Kurz studied philosophy, history and paedagogy at the university of Erlangen without taking a degree.
He was a member of the Kommunistischer Arbeiterbund Deutschland, KABD during the 1970s, but then quit because of his critique of the leadership.
Kurz was a co-founder of the magazine Marxistische Kritik in 1986 and participated in the creation of the Krisis group, around which Wertkritik concept was developed.
He died in Nuremberg from the consequences of an operational failure.

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