Karl Marx
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| Western Philosophers 19th-century philosophy |
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| Name: Karl Marx | |
| Birth: May 5, 1818 (Trier, Germany) | |
| Death: March 14, 1883 (London, England) | |
| School/tradition: Founder of Marxism | |
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| Politics, Economics, class struggles | |
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| Co-founder of Marxism (with Engels), | |
Karl Marx was born into a progressive and wealthy Jewish family in Trier, Prussia. His father Herschel, descending from a long line of rabbis, although harboring many deistic tendencies, in the belief in the existence of god converted to the Christian religion, joining the relatively liberal Lutheran denomination, in order to become a lawyer. The Marx household hosted many visiting intellectuals and artists during Karl's early life.
Karl Heinrich Marx was an influential German philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary organizer of the International Workingmen's Association. While Marx addressed a wide range of issues, he is most famous for his analysis of history in terms of class struggles,