📚 Karl Marx

📚 Philosophy

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  • Understand who Karl Marx is and the context of his work
  • Explain key ideas: class, capitalism, surplus value, alienation
  • Recognize how Marx analyzes history through material conditions and class struggle
  • Evaluate his vision of revolution and communism and its real-world impact
  • Build a foundation to compare Marx with other thinkers and modern debates
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Chapter 1: Marx: Life and Big Ideas

Who Is Karl Marx?

Karl Marx (1818–1883) is a German philosopher, journalist, and economist.

  • Lived in Germany, France, then England
  • Wrote during the Industrial Revolution
  • Saw poverty beside great wealth

His goal: explain how capitalism works and why it creates inequality.

> Marx wants not just to understand the world, but to change it.

The Industrial Revolution 🏭

To grasp Marx, we must picture his time:

  • Huge factories appear
  • Peasants move into crowded cities
  • Long hours, low pay, child labor

Marx sees workers creating value, while owners take most profit. This harsh reality shapes all his theories about class, exploitation, and revolution.

Main Works

Key writings you should know:

1. The Communist Manifesto (1848, with Engels)

  • Short, political, calls for worker unity

2. Capital (Das Kapital)

  • Long, detailed study of capitalism

They explore how money, power, and work are connected, and why crises and inequality keep returning in capitalist systems.

Marx’s Big Questions ❓

Marx asks:

  • Who owns the means of production (factories, land, machines)?
  • Who actually does the work?
  • Who gets the profits?

He believes answering these questions reveals how a society is organized and who truly holds power.

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