I. Marx in history
1. Critic of modernity
2. Historical setting
a) Working conditions
b) Rebellion and revolution
II. Marx’s tasks
1. Historical
a) Contradictions of capitalist epoch
b) Specificity of change/transition
2. Political
a) Capitalism is historical, not timeless
III) Marx’s Analysis of Capitalism
1. Reorganization of class relations
a) Free wage labour and capital
· Wage ‘contract’