Karl Marx (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Francis Wheen
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: Biography and history
- Time of Work: 1818-1883
- Setting: Germany, France, Belgium, and Algeria
- Principal Characters: Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Jenny von Westphalen Marx
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Communism or communists, Socialism, France or French people, Nineteenth century, Europe or Europeans, Political science, Germany or German people, Belgium or Belgian people, Algeria or Algerians
- Locales: France, Germany, Belgium, Algeria
Karl Marx has been one of the most revered and vilified intellectuals in modern history. Communism, a political theory and system of government that held sway over much of the world’s population during the twentieth century, traced its origins to the work of Marx and his collaborator, Friedrich Engels. In the Soviet Union, China, Eastern Europe, and many developing nations, Marx was hailed as almost a saint. Noncommunist socialist parties and movements also frequently claimed to have been founded on the principles of Marx. By contrast, in the United States and other countries opposed...
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