Karl Marx
German philosopher, economist, and revolutionary whose analysis of capitalism and historical materialism transformed world history. The Communist Manifesto announced the class struggle; Das Kapital analyzed the mechanisms of exploitation. His ideas inspired revolutions across the globe and remain the most discussed theory of society in the modern era.
Works
- Das KapitalCritique of political economy analyzing capitalist production and surplus value
- The Communist ManifestoPolitical manifesto calling for proletarian revolution and communism
- The German IdeologyCollaborative critique of Hegelian philosophy and history of ideology
- Economic and Philosophic ManuscriptsEarly work on human alienation under capitalist production and labor
- The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis BonapartePolitical analysis of 1848 French coup and historical patterns of class struggle
- CapitalCritique of political economy analyzing capitalist production and surplus value