Marxism is often either accepted as a worthy museum piece or seen as a trigger for a failed politics. "Capital" is interpreted in a new reading of Marx as a glass bead game. It supposedly only demonstrates how capitalism works. In contrast, Georg Fülberth understands Marxism as: 1.) the historical-materialist analysis of economy and class relations, 2.) a theory of politics based on this analysis, 3.) political practice with the perspective of overcoming capitalist society. Marxist theory has not only made history but has also undergone historical transformations itself. It is trivialized when its central claim—overturning bourgeois society—is dismissed. Fülberth emphasizes the politically practical component of historical materialism and attempts to.