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 was a writer and thinker who greatly influenced political systems worldwide with his ideas. He believed society was controlled by rich people and predicted a rise of the working …

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.

Marx explores the real origin of religious alienation itself and finds it in the dehumanized praxis of real social life. Marx’s criticism of religion is primarily related to social conditions, that is, to the economic …

Karl Marx was a German philosopher, political theorist, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. He is best-known for the 1848 pamphlet The Communist...

Manifesto of the Communist Party by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels A spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise …