Karl+Marx

Units 7 & 8

Karl Marx was a revolutionary social philosopher and revolutionary who fathered theories such as socialism and communism. Marx was born in 1818 and died in 1883, in that period he was a prolific politician, writer, and revolutionary, declaiming earlier theories and preaching the importance and social revolution to achieve a society of the proletariat. The Communist Manifesto was one of Marx's most important writings. Written by Marx and Friedrich Engels and published in February 1848 in London, the manifesto outlined the basic tenets and goals of communism.

Sources:
 * Rick Kuhn, Australian National University: http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/marx/classics/manifesto.html#Notes
 * The History Guide: http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/marx.html
 * Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Communist-manifesto.png (Image)

Created by: Dirk Gadsden (February 12, 2009) Edited by: Stephen Puckette 2/12/09