KARL MARXGerman political theorist and revolutionary.
He studied humanities at the Univ. ofBonn (1835) and law and philosophy at the Univ. of Berlin (1836-41), where hewas exposed to the works of G. W. F. Hegel.
Working as a writer in Cologne andParis (1842-45), he became active in leftist politics. In Paris he met F. Engels,KARL MARXGerman political theorist and revolutionary. He studied humanities at the Univ.
ofBonn (1835) and law and philosophy at the Univ. of Berlin (1836-41), where hewas exposed to the works of G. W. F.
Hegel. Working as a writer in Cologne andParis (1842-45), he became active in leftist politics. In Paris he met F. Engels,who would become his lifelong collaborator.
Expelled from France in 1845, hemoved to Brussels, where his political orientation matured and he and Engelsmade names for themselves through their writings. Marx was invited to join asecret left-wing group in London, for which he and Engels wrote the CommunistManifesto (1848). That same year he organized the first Rhineland DemocraticCongress in Germany and opposed the king of Prussia when he dissolved thePrussian Assembly. Exiled, he moved to London in 1849, where he would livethe rest of his life.
For years his family lived in poverty, and two of his childrendied. He worked part-time as a European correspondent for the New YorkTribune (1851-62) while writing his major critique of capitalism, Das Kapital (3vols. , 1867-94). He was a leading figure in the First International from 1864 untilthe defection of M. Bakunin in 1872.
See also communism, dialecticalmaterialism, Marxism. who would become his lifelong collaborator. Expelled from France in 1845, hemoved to Brussels, where his political orientation matured and he and Engelsmade names for themselves through their writings. Marx was invited to join asecret left-wing group in London, for which he and Engels wrote the CommunistManifesto (1848).
That same year he organized the first Rhineland DemocraticCongress in Germany and opposed the king of Prussia when he dissolved thePrussian Assembly. Exiled, he moved to London in 1849, where he would livethe rest of his life. For years his family lived in poverty, and two of his childrendied. He worked part-time as a European correspondent for the New YorkTribune (1851-62) while writing his major critique of capitalism, Das Kapital (3vols.
, 1867-94). He was a leading figure in the First International from 1864 untilthe defection of M. Bakunin in 1872. See also communism, dialecticalmaterialism, Marxism. Words/ Pages : 396 / 24
