Karl Marx and Marxism
Marxism is a political philosophy, an economic and social worldview.
Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, socialist, political theorist, economist, historian, sociologist, and journalist.
Karl Heinrich Marx was born on May 5, 1818 in Germany. He was a philosopher, socialist, political theorist, economist, historian, sociologist, and journalist.
During his education in Berlin, Marx learned about German philosopher Georg Hegel and was influenced by his ideas. He joined a student club where Hegel's ideas were discussed. In 1837 he met a group of people known as Young Hegelians, known as radical thinkers.
The group included names such as Ludwig Feuerbach, Bruno Bauer, Marx, David Strauss, Carl Nauwerck, Max Stirner, and Adolf Rutenberg.
In August 1849 he settled in London and spent the rest of his life there. In London, Marx devoted himself entirely to the study of the revolutionary organization of the working class.
With the failures and disappointments of workers' revolutions and movements, Marx decided to fully understand capitalism. Dedicated to research and reading, Marx took various notes and wrote essays.
Karl Marx published 'The Communist Manifesto' and 'Das Kapital'. These anti-capitalist works formed the basis of Marxism. After the death of his wife, he developed a catarrh. Following this illness, Marx developed bronchitis and pleurisy that would cause his death on March 14, 1883.
Marxism is an idea of human emancipation that emerged from the work of Karl Marx and his friend Friedrich Engels in the mid-19th century. Marxism is a political philosophy, an economic and social worldview.
Marxism studies the impact of capitalism on labour, productivity and economic development. It assumes that the struggle between social classes defines economic relations in a capitalist economy and will inevitably lead to revolutionary communism.
Marxism has an impact on many fields such as anthropology, archaeology, art theory, cultural studies, economics, education, ethics, historiography, literary criticism, media studies, philosophy, politics, science, scientific studies and sociology.