KARL MARX 101 Sociology Series #1

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Karl Marx is one of the founding fathers of Sociology, his work has influenced many social changes around the world and, as of 2021, five communist countries still exist.

Marx grew up in a middle-class Jewish family who converted to Protestantism to escape the difficulties Jews faced in German society.

He went to the University of Berlin where he discovered the work of Georg Hegel who influenced his outlook throughout his life.

He lived in Bonn, Berlin, Paris and Brussels before settling in London in 1849.

Marx witnessed the growth of industrialisation in Europe which was resulting in social distress and poverty for the working classes as they worked for long hours in poor working conditions for low wages.

Marx was critical of society due to this and he became more involved in economic issues.

After reading The Condition of the Working Class in England by Fredrick Engels, which explained the misery industrial workers endured, they struck up a friendship and collaborated on a series of work including:

The Holy Family (1845)
The German Ideology (1846)
The Communist Manifesto (1848)
Capital (1867)

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