s ▁soci ological ▁dictionary ▁of ▁Marx ist ▁thought ▁has ▁no ▁entry ▁for ▁the ▁important ▁concept ▁of ▁character ▁mask s . ▁The ▁P engu in ▁Dictionary ▁of ▁Crit ical ▁Theory ▁like wise ▁does ▁not ▁refer ▁to ▁it . ▁David ▁Har vey , ▁the ▁world - f am ous ▁New ▁Left ▁popular izer ▁of ▁Marx ' s ▁writ ings , ▁does ▁not ▁mention ▁the ▁concept ▁at ▁all ▁in ▁works ▁such ▁as ▁his ▁The ▁Lim its ▁to ▁Capital . ▁Like wise ▁Fred ric ▁James on , ▁the ▁famous ▁comment ator ▁on ▁post ▁modern ity , ▁offers ▁no ▁analysis ▁of ▁the ▁concept . ▁There ▁is ▁no ▁entry ▁for ▁the ▁concept ▁in ▁James ▁Russell ' s ▁Marx - Eng els ▁Dictionary , ▁in ▁Ter rell ▁Car ver ' s ▁A ▁Marx ▁Dictionary ▁or ▁in ▁the ▁Historical ▁Dictionary ▁of ▁Marx ism . ▁ ▁Jo chen ▁H ör isch ▁claims ▁that ▁" des p ite ▁its ▁system atic ▁importance , ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁character ▁mask s ▁was ▁consp ic u ously ▁tab oo ▁in ▁the ▁dog m atic ▁interpretation ▁of ▁Marx ". ▁ ▁However , ▁Di eter ▁Cla ess ens ▁mentions ▁the ▁concept ▁in ▁his ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁Lexikon , ▁there ▁is ▁another ▁mention ▁in ▁Lexikon ▁zur ▁So zi ologie ▁and ▁the ▁more ▁recent ▁German - language ▁Historical - C rit ical ▁Dictionary ▁of ▁Marx ism ▁has ▁a ▁substant ive ▁entry ▁for ▁character ▁mask s ▁by ▁Wolfgang ▁Fritz ▁H aug . ▁H aug ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁conj unction ▁of ▁" character " ▁and ▁" mask " ▁is ▁"