Karl Marx[a] (German: [ˈkaʁl ˈmaʁks]; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, political theorist, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist.

Nov 28, 2025 · Karl Marx (1818–83) was a revolutionary, socialist, historian, and economist who wrote the works, including Das Kapital and (with Friedrich Engels) The Communist Manifesto, that formed …

Aug 26, 2003 · Karl Marx (1818–1883) is often treated as an activist rather than a philosopher, a revolutionary whose works inspired the foundation of communist regimes in the twentieth century.

Nov 9, 2009 · In 1848, Marx and fellow German thinker Friedrich Engels published “The Communist Manifesto,” which introduced their concept of socialism as a natural result of the conflicts inherent in …

Sep 19, 2024 · Karl Marx (May 5, 1818–March 14, 1883), a Prussian political economist, journalist, and activist, and author of the seminal works, "The Communist Manifesto" and "Das Kapital," influenced …

Sep 30, 2025 · Karl Marx was a 19th-century German philosopher and economist best known for his theories about capitalism, class struggle, and the development of communist society. He argued that …

Sep 21, 2025 · Karl Marx was a 19th-century philosopher, author, and economist famous for his ideas about capitalism and communism. He was the father of Marxism.

A biography of Karl Marx with suggestions for further reading and links to an extensive bibliography and introduction to his thought.

6 days ago · Marxism, a body of doctrine developed by Karl Marx and, to a lesser extent, by Friedrich Engels in the mid-19th century. It originally consisted of three related ideas: a philosophical …

Marxism is a political philosophy [1] and method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a dialectical materialist interpretation of historical development, [2] known as historical materialism, to understand …