All 4 Uses

Marx
in
The God of Small Things
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Structurally—this somewhat rudimentary argument went—Marxism was a simple substitute for Christianity, Replace God with Marx, Satan with the bourgeoisie, Heaven with a classless society, the Church with the Party, and the form and purpose of the journey remained similar.†
Chpt 2

Marx = Karl Marx -- founder of modern communism who described society as developing through class conflict (1818-1883)
So, Karl Marx!†
Chpt 2 *

Karl Marx = founder of modern communism who described society as developing through class conflict (1818-1883)
Kurtz and Karl Marx joining palms to greet rich guests as they stepped off the boat.†
Chpt 5
Their Work, abandoned by God and History, by Marx, by Man, by Woman and (in the hours to come) by Children, lay folded on the floor.†
Chpt 18

Marx = Karl Marx -- founder of modern communism who described society as developing through class conflict (1818-1883)

Definitions:

(1) (Marx as in: Karl Marx)
founder of modern communism who described society as developing through class conflict; wrote the Communist Manifesto with Engels in 1848; wrote Das Kapital in 1867 (1818-1883)
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Less commonly, Marx can refer to anyone with that name.