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Karl Marx

Karl Marx the father of socialism Karl Marx born in Prussia on May 5 in 1918 in and began to know about socio political ideas He became a journalist, and his socialist writings.Karl Heinrich Marx was one of nine children born to Heinrich and Henrietta Marx In October of 1835, Marx began studying at the University of Bonn. It had a lively and rebellious culture, and Marx enthusiastically took part in student life. In his two semesters there, he was imprisoned for drunkenness and disturbing the peace

The philosopher, social scientist historian and revolutionar Karl Marx, is without a doubt the most influential socialist thinker that haved the 19th century. Although he was largely ignored by scholars in his own lifetime, his social, economic and political ideas gained rapid acceptance in the socialist movement after his death in 1883. Until quite recently almost half the population of the world lived under regimes that claim to be Marxist. This very success, however has meant that the original ideas of Marx have often been modified and his meanings adapted to a great variety of political ideas In addition, the fact that Marx delayed publication of many of his writings meant that is been only recently that scholars had the opportunity to appreciate Marx's intellectual stature.

During the rest of his life Marx was in poor health In 1875 he wrote a criticism of the program of the German Social Democratic Party, claiming that it made too many compromises with the states, An not from active politics, he still retained influence on working class and socialist movements.Then the death of his wife in 1881 and of his oldest daughter early in 1883, Marx died in London, evidently of a lung abcess, in March 1883.