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.

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 …

Marx's work in economics laid the basis for the current understanding of labour and its relation to capital, and has influenced much of subsequent economic thought. He published numerous books during his …