Question

Write a brief note of Karl marx

Answer 1

Whether Marx intended for the proletariat to rise up and foment revolution or whether he felt that the ideals of communism, ruled by an egalitarian proletariat, would simply outlast capitalism, is debated to this day. But, several successful revolutions did occur, propelled by groups that adopted communism—including those in Russia, 1917-1919, and China, 1945-1948. Flags and banners depicting Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the Russian Revolution, together with Marx, were long displayed in the Soviet Union. The same was true in China, where similar flags showing the leader of that country's revolution,  MaoZedong, together with Marx were also prominently displayed.

Marx has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history, and in a 1999 BBC poll was voted the "thinker of the millennium" by people from around the world. The memorial at his grave is always covered by tokens of appreciation from his fans. His tombstone is inscribed with words that echo those from "The Communist Manifesto," which seemingly predicted the influence Marx would have on world politics and economics: "Workers of all lands unite.”

Answer 2

In detail:

The Industrial Revolution in Europe helped the factories to produce goods on a large-scale. The surplus goods were exported to other countries. The owners of the factories earned huge profits and became rich. They started new factories and earned more profits, Thus a few businessmen and industrialists became very rich. This new class of people was called capitalists.Though the capitalists became rich, they did not pay enough wages to the workers.

During these days, Karl Marx was born in 1818 in Germany. He studied law, history and philosophy at the Universities of Bonn and Berlin. He thought about the miseries of the working people. He wanted to fight against the unfair and unjust situation. In 1848, revolution broke out against capitalism in many parts of Europe. Marx and his friend Engels took active part in it. The revolution failed and Karl Marx was expelled from Germany. He spent the rest of his life in London.

Marx thought that the modern factories producing large quantities of goods should not be owned by individuals. He wanted the workers or society to own them. The most famous of his early writings is The Communist Manifesto, which he and his friend Engels wrote together in 1848, It appeals to workers in all countries to unite and fight against the capitalists. He wanted a classless, communist society.

Marx further developed his ideas on economics and wrote them in a book which is known by its German title Das Kapital. Marx claimed that the struggle to make a living, had divided people into social classes. He wanted the working classes to revolt and make themselves masters of society. He also wrote many articles in different newspapers. Karl Marx died in England in 1883. His ideas provided the basis for communist thinking.

In brief:

Karl Marx was born in Trier, Germany, in 1818.At Berlin university,  Marx came under the influence of one of his lecturers, Bruno Bauer, whose atheism and radical political opinions got him into trouble with the authorities. Bauer introduced Marx to the writings of G. W. F. Hegel, who had been the professor of philosophy at Berlin until his death in 1831.Marx was especially impressed by Hegel's theory that a thing or thought could not be separated from its opposite. He used this philosophy to develop his own known as dialectical materialism.