Karl Heinrich Marx (German: [maʁks]; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, critic of political economy, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 pamphlet The Communist Manifesto and the three-volume Das Kapital (1867–1883). Marx's political and philosophical thought had enormous influence on subsequent intellectual, economic, and political history. His name has been used as an adjective, a noun, and a school of social theory. Born in Trier, Germany, Marx studied law and philosophy at the universities of Bonn and Berlin. He married German theatre critic and political activist Jenny von Westphalen in 1843. Due to his political publications, Marx became stateless and lived in exile with his wife and children in London for decades, where he continued to develop his thought in collaboration with German thinker Friedrich Engels and publish his writings, researching in the British Museum Reading Room. Marx's critical theories about society, economics, and politics, collectively understood as Marxism, hold that human societies develop through class conflict. In the capitalist mode of production, this manifests itself in the conflict between the ruling classes (known as the bourgeoisie) that control the means of production and the working …
Karl Marx
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Καρλ Μαρξ, К. Маркс, קארל מארכס, and 130 others
Ma-k'o-ssu, Makesi, K. Marks, Karl Marksi, Kāru Marukusu, Mā-káik-sṳ̆, Károly Marx, .. Marx, Marxi Karl, Karolis Marksas, K'al Marŭk'ŭsŭ, 馬克思, 马克思, Կառլ Մարքս, 卡爾 馬克思, Heinrich Karl Marx, Kaarlo Marx, Karl Heinrich Marx, Ma-kʻo-ssu, ק מארקס, Malg, ਕਾਰਲ ਮਾਰਕਸ, Karl Markʹs, Д. Рязанов, ཁཱར་ལ་མར་ཁེ་སི།, Kaer-Makesi, Карл Маркс, Kārlis Markss, ק מארכס, कार्ल मार्क्स, K. Marksas, Mark, Kārla Mārkacha, Karl Marx, ካርል ማርክስ, 卡爾·馬克思, C. Mác, કાલ, 칼 맑스, ماركس، كارل،, Мордехай, Cac Mac, カアル マルクス, Kal Malg-seu, Ma-ko-szū, Ka er Ma ke si, קרל מארקאס, Kaer Makesi, Marḳs, കാൾ മാക്സ്, କାର୍ଲ ମାର୍କସ, Kesi Ma, 카를 마르크스, Ḳarl Marḳs, Kārla Mārksa, カール・マルクス, Malg-seu, Marksŭ, Maksu, C. Marx, マルクス, Các Mác, ماركس، كارل, C Mác, Kʻal Marŭkʻŭsŭ, Kārl Mārks, K'al Maksŭ, .. Marx-Engels, කාල් මාක්ස්, Marukusu, Karlo Marks, מארקס, Carl Marx, K マルクス, К. Марксъ, Carolus Marx, คาร์ล มาร์กซ์, Kāṟal Mārks, كارل ماركىس, Carlo Marx, Karl Marks, K. Markss, ကားလ်မာ့ခ်, K Marks, Karls Marksos, Маркс, Karl Makesi, ಕಾರ್ಲ್ ಮಾರ್ಕ್ಸ್, KŚarl MŚarks, קרל מרכס, Мордехай Леви, Karla Marksa, К Маркс, كارل ماركس, కార్ల్ మార్క్స్, C. Mảc, カール マルクス, كارل ماركس،, Carolus Henricus Marx, קרל מרקס, کارڵ مارکس, Maksŭ, Kāril Mārks, کارل مارکس, Marx, Karl H. Marx, Marks, Karolo Marks, Karel Marx, קרל מארכס, 칼 마르크스, K. Marx, Karlo Markso, 맑스, Karol Marks, קארל מארקס, Կարլ Մարքս, K. Mārks, 卡尔·马克思, Karol Marx, מארכס, קרל מארקס, কার্ল মার্ক্স্, কাৰ্ল মাৰ্ক্স, கார்ல் மார்க்சு, 卡尔 马克思, Cảc Mảc, Karl Markhsi, კარლ მარქსი, Carlos Marx - Born:
- May 5, 1818
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- March 14, 1883
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Karl Heinrich Marx (German: [maʁks]; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, critic of political economy, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 pamphlet The Communist Manifesto and the three-volume Das Kapital (1867–1883). Marx's political and philosophical thought had enormous influence on subsequent intellectual, economic, and political history. His name has been used as an adjective, a noun, and a school of social theory. Born in Trier, Germany, Marx studied law and philosophy at the universities of Bonn and Berlin. He married German theatre critic and political activist Jenny von Westphalen in 1843. Due to his political publications, Marx became stateless and lived in exile with his wife and children in London for decades, where he continued to develop his thought in collaboration with German thinker Friedrich Engels and publish his writings, researching in the British Museum Reading Room. Marx's critical theories about society, economics, and politics, collectively understood as Marxism, hold that human societies develop through class conflict. In the capitalist mode of production, this manifests itself in the conflict between the ruling classes (known as the bourgeoisie) that control the means of production and the working classes (known as the proletariat) that enable these means by selling their labour-power in return for wages. Employing a critical approach known as historical materialism, Marx predicted that capitalism produced internal tensions like previous socioeconomic systems and that those would lead to its self-destruction and replacement by a new system known as the socialist mode of production. For Marx, class antagonisms under capitalism—owing in part to its instability and crisis-prone nature—would eventuate the working class's development of class consciousness, leading to their conquest of political power and eventually the establishment of a classless, communist society constituted by a free association of producers. Marx actively pressed for its implementation, arguing that the working class should carry out organised proletarian revolutionary action to topple capitalism and bring about socio-economic emancipation.Marx has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history, and his work has been both lauded and criticised. His work in economics laid the basis for some current theories about labour and its relation to capital. Many intellectuals, labour unions, artists, and political parties worldwide have been influenced by Marx's work, with many modifying or adapting his ideas. Marx is typically cited as one of the principal architects of modern social science.
