Karl Marx

Karl Marx FRSA
Marx in 1875
Born	Karl Marx 5 Mey 1818(1818-05-05) Trier, Kinrick of Prussie, German Confederation
Dee'd	14 Mairch 1883(1883-03-14) (aged 64) London, England
Naitionality	Prussian (1818–1845) Stateless (after 1845)
Eddication	Varsity of Bonn Varsity of Berlin Varsity of Jena (PhD, 1841)
Hauf-marrae(s)	Jenny von Westphalen (m. 1843; d. 1881)
Bairns	At least 7, including Jenny, Laura and Eleanor
Kin	Louise Juta (sister) Edgar Longuet (grandson) Jean Longuet (grandson) Henry Juta (nephew) Frederik Philips (cousin)
Filosofie career
Era	19t-century philosophy
Region	Westren philosophy
Schuil	Continental philosophy Marxism
Main interests	Philosophy economics history politics
Notable ideas	Marxist terminology Value form Contributions to dialectics and the Marxian critique of political economy Class conflict Alienation and exploitation of the worker Materialist conception of history
Signatur

Karl Marx (5t Mey 1818 in Trier, Germany – 14t Mairch 1883 in Lunnon, UK) wis a German philosopher and poleitical thinker that wrat aboot economics an politics. Ane o his first beuks wis the Communist Manifesto, written thegither wi Friedrich Engels in 1848. In this beuk thay set oot the ideas an ettles o the Communist muvement for the first time. His theories wis gien the name Marxism efterhaund, baith bi thaim that gree'd wi him an thaim that criticeesed him.

His maist important contreibution is thocht tae be his beuk Das Kapital that wis written ower monie decades; in it he analeesed, criticeesed, an gied the name tae the seestem o caipitalism. For the maist pairt it disagreed wi leiberal economic views an haes led tae gran debates atween its supporters an detractors. Juist the ae volume haed been feenisht bi the time Marx dee'd; Engels teuk his jots an completit twa mair volumes.

Born in Trier in the Kinrick o' Prussia, Marx started his studies at the universities o' Bonn, Berlin, an' Jena, gettin' his doctorate in philosophy frae Jena in 1841. He was a Young Hegelian, influencet by the works o' Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, an' in his ain works, like The German Ideology an' the Grundrisse, he both critiqued an' developed Hegel’s ideas. While in Paris in 1844, Marx wrote his Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts an’ met Engels, wha became his closest friend an' collaborator. After movin' tae Brussels in 1845, the pair were active in the Communist League, an' by 1848, they wrote The Communist Manifesto, a pamphlet layin' oot Marx's thoughts an' a plan for revolution. After bein’ expelled from Belgium an’ Germany, Marx made his way tae London in 1849, whaur he penned The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte an' Das Kapital. In 1864, Marx got involved in the International Workingmen's Association (First International), where he took on the anarchists led by Mikhail Bakunin. In his Critique of the Gotha Programme (1875), he laid doon his thoughts on revolution, the state, an’ the road tae communism. Marx passed away stateless in 1883 an' was buried in Highgate Cemetery.