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KARL MARX

1818 - 1883


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Karl Heinrich Marxwas born on May 5,

1818 in the city of Trier, Germany.

He was a German Philosopher, economist,

sociologist, historian, journalist, and

revolutionary socialist.

Life of Karl Marx


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Life of Karl Marx

He enrolled in University of Bonn and

transferred to the University of Berlin, where

where he studied Hegelianism, influenced

by Ludwig Feurbachand other Hegelians.
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After earning his Doctorate degree at University

of Jena, he become editor of theRheinische

Zeitung.

In Paris, Marx became a communist and set

down his views in a series of writings known as

the economic and philosophical manuscripts .


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In 1845 Marx was expelled from France by

Guizot. He fled with Friedrich Engelsto

Brussels

In Brussels, Marx and Engels produced

two most important works the german

ideology and the communist manifesto.
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Karl Marx

Karl Marx was a German philosopher,

economist, sociologist, historian,

mathematician, journalist, and revolutionarysocialist.

Co-founder of Marxism (with Friedrich

Engels).

"The past lies like a nightmare upon the present." - Karl Marx


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The German Ideologyargues that the

nature of an individual is dependent upon

the material conditions that determine his

production.

It is a historical study of modes of production

through the ages, and in it Marx predicts the

collapse of industrial capitalism and the

advancement of communism.


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The Commun ist Mani festo

The Manifestodistinguishes communism

from other movements, proposes specific

social reforms, and includes a description of

the struggles between the proletariat and the

bourgeoisie.

It also explicitly encourages workers to

unite in revolution against the existing

regimes.


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Economics

Marx moved to London in 1849 and

turned his interest in economics

By 1857 Marx had written an 800-page

manuscript which was to become Das

Kapital(Capital).


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Socialism

Karl Marx, as a sociologist, had focused on the

economic side of society and the affects

economy had on society in general, as well asthe individual.

Marx's theory proposes the idea that economic

power, which leads to political power, is the key

to understanding societies.


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Socialism

The struggle for economic power, or wealth,

means that society is ever changing.

One of his most prevalent theories in history

is that all of history is just a class struggle

between upper and lower classes.


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Karl Marxs Most Notable Books


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The Communist Manifesto

Was published in 1848.

About natural rights as justification for social

reform

Indicating that the laws of history would

inevitably lead to the power of the working

class.


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The Communist Manifesto

The Communist Manifesto is considered

as one of the worlds most influential

political manuscripts of all time. It holds

the theories of Marx and Engel on the

nature of society and politics. Hoping to

achieve their goal of communism.


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Capitalism

Marx also wrote about alienation.

He said that the proletariat (working person)

and lumpenproletariat (unemployed person)

could never reach their full human potential

due to the fact that so much of their life is

controlled and exploited by others.


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Marxism

The political and socioeconomic viewpoint

based around the political and economic

philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich

Engels, in which the concepts of class

struggle plays a role in understanding

society supposedly inevitable development.


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Neo-Marxism

A term for modern approaches which amend

or extend Marxism, and Marxist theory,

usually by incorporating other theories.


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The worker of the world have nothing to

lose but their chains. They have a world

to gain. Workers of the world, unite.

(Communist Manifesto)


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In all, Karl Marx and his views started a

cultural revolution. He directly influenced

Vladimir Lenin, who led the Russian

Revolution in 1917.

Marxs theories have impacted political

ideas.

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