who was Karl Marx ? what is his contribution to socialism ? NCERT
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Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a philosopher, author, social theorist and economist famous for his theories about capitalism and communism. Marx, in conjunction with Friedrich Engels, published The Communist Manifesto in 1848; later in life, he wrote Das Kapital (the first volume was published in Berlin in 1867; the second and third volumes were published posthumously in 1885 and 1894, respectively), which discussed the labor theory of value. Ironically, Marx was eloquent in describing the exploitation of the working class while personally failing to maintain a job for a significant period of time.
1) HE PUT FORWARD THE THEORY OF ALIENATION CONCERNING THE WORKER UNDER CAPITALISM
2) HE AUTHORED THE FAMOUS MARXIST THEORY OF HISTORICAL MATERIALISM
3) HIS CONCEPT OF CLASS STRUGGLE WAS HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL
4) KARL MARX CO-AUTHORED THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
5) COMMUNIST MANIFESTO IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL POLITICAL MANUSCRIPTS EVER
6) HE WROTE THE GROUNDBREAKING WORK DAS KAPITAL
7) HE WAS A LEADING MEMBER OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL
8) HIS WORK IN ECONOMICS LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING LABOR AND ITS RELATION TO CAPITAL
9) KARL MARX IS CONSIDERED THE FOUNDER OF MODERN SOCIOLOGY
10) HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FIGURES IN HISTORY
ANSWER:- Karl Marx was a a German political philosopher and economist. his long time associate Frederick Engels
whom he had met in France in 1844 was his collaborator in writing the Communist Manifesto. because of Revolutionary ideas Marx had been compelled to leave Germany and make London his Homeland. both Marx and Engels lived in London. they had earlier prepared a character of demands for a Manifesto for the German communist League. this document was later given the shape of Communist Manifesto published in 1848. another famous book of Marx and Engels is Das kapital . Marx could complete only the first volume before his death in 1883. the remaining two volumes where published by Engels several years later. this also contributed to the rise of socialism.
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