Karl Heinrich Marx | |
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![]() Karl Marx in 1875 | |
Born | |
Died | 14 March 1883 | (aged 64)
Spouse |
Jenny von Westphalen
(m. 1843–1881) |
Era | 19th-century philosophy |
Region | Western Philosophy |
School | Marxism |
Main interests | Politics, Economics, class struggle, Alienation |
Notable ideas | Co-founder of Marxism (with Engels), Alienation and exploitation of the worker, The Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital, Materialist conception of history |
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Karl Heinrich Marx (5 May 1818 in Trier, Prussia – 14 March 1883 in London, England) was a German political thinker who wrote about economics and politics. Marx thought that if a place that works together runs on wage-labor, then there would always be class struggle. He thought that this class struggle would result in workers taking power. Marx believed that no economic class—wage workers, land owners, etc. should have power over another. He believed that everyone should contribute what they can, and everyone should get what they need. His most famous book was the Communist Manifesto. He wrote it with Friedrich Engels in 1848. The book is about the ideas and aims of communism. His ideas are called Marxism.