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

Jan 23, 2026 · 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 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 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.

Jul 4, 2022 · Marx believed a rational social order could realise our human capacities as individuals as well as collectively, overcoming political and economic inequalities.

Karl Marx ranks among the most influential political philosophers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Dec 11, 2025 · The founders of Marxism, Marx and Engels, participated in the “International Workingmen's Association” from 1864 to 1872, where they found their first base of support and a …