![]() ![]() His father, Heinrich, a successful lawyer, was a man of the Enlightenment, devoted to Kant and Voltaire, who took part in agitations for a constitution in Prussia. Karl Heinrich Marx was the oldest surviving boy of nine children. ( See also socialism communism.) Early years These writings and others by Marx and Engels form the basis of the body of thought and belief known as Marxism. He also was the author of the movement’s most important book, Das Kapital. He published (with Friedrich Engels) Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei (1848), commonly known as The Communist Manifesto, the most celebrated pamphlet in the history of the socialist movement. Karl Marx, in full Karl Heinrich Marx, (born May 5, 1818, Trier, Rhine province, Prussia -died March 14, 1883, London, England), revolutionary, sociologist, historian, and economist. Because of Marx’s anti-capital core beliefs, his family was impoverished for much of their lives. ![]() The two had seven children together, four of whom died before reaching adolescence. When he got older, he married his childhood sweetheart, Jenny von Westphalen. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find. ![]()
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