Robert Kurz was a German philosopher, social critic, journalist and editor of the journal Exit! He was one of Germany's most prominent theorists of value criticism.

EXIT! is a German journal of social criticism, and discussion group formed in 2004. The journal is published by the publishing house Zu Klampen Verlag. The journal has a value-critical approach, both to the contemporary mode of production, and its critique of traditional marxism, as well as their critique of political economy.