# Karl Marx — Religion and the Rise of Capitalism character guide

> Karl Marx in Religion and the Rise of Capitalism by R. H. Tawney.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Karl Marx, Marx

**First appearance:** 0003-religion-and-the-rise-of-capitalism

## Who they are

German philosopher and economist, critic of capitalism.

## In the story

### [III: Calvin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/religion_and_the_rise_of_capitalism_se/chapters/iii-calvin)

Used in a comparative analogy: Calvin did for the bourgeoisie of the sixteenth century what Marx did for the proletariat of the nineteenth, satisfying a hunger for assurance that the universe is on the side of the elect.

### [The New Medicine for Poverty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/religion_and_the_rise_of_capitalism_se/chapters/iv-the-new-medicine-for-poverty)

Quoted from the Communist Manifesto regarding the bourgeoisie's replacement of feudal ties with naked self-interest and cash payment.

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