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Karl Marx FRSA[1] | |
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Karl Heinrich Marx May 5, 1818 Trier, Prussia, German Confederation |
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March 14, 1883 London, England
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| Nationality | German, eventually stateless |
| Thesis | The Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature |
| Occupation | Journalist, author, economist, revolutionary |
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| Political party | Various, including the IWMA |
| Spouse(s) | Jenny von Westphalen (Married 19 June 1843, died 2 December 1881) |
| Children | 7, including Jenny, Laura and Eleanor |
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Karl Marx (5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, political theorist, economist, journalist, historian, revolutionary socialist and founder of Marxism. He developed historical materialism, analyzing capitalism as a system of class struggle by economic forces, predicting its overthrow by the proletariat in favor of communism. He co-authored the Communist Manifesto (1848) and Das Kapital (1867-1894) with his lifelong friend Friedrich Engels. Marx's ideas and their subsequent development, collectively known as Marxism, have had enormous influence and resulted in revolutions in many different countries.
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- ↑ Marx became a Fellow of the highly prestigious Royal Society of Arts, London, in 1862.