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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Marx" redirects here. For other uses, see Marx (disambiguation). Karl Heinrich Marx
Marx in 1875 Full name Karl Heinrich Marx Born Died Era Region School Main interests Notable ideas 5 May 1818 Trier, Kingdom of Prussia 14 March 1883 (aged 64) (bronchitis/pleurisy) London, United Kingdom 19th century philosophy Western Philosophy, German philosophy Marxism, Communism, Socialism, Hegelianism Politics, economics, philosophy, sociology, history, class struggle Co-founder of Marxism (with Engels), surplus value, contributions to the Labour theory of value, alienation and
exploitation of the worker, The Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital, materialist conception of history
both social theorists and underprivileged people should carry out organised revolutionary action to topple capitalism and bring about socio-economic change.[6][7] While Marx remained a relatively unknown figure in his own lifetime, his ideas and the ideology of Marxism began to exert a major influence on socialist movements shortly after his death. Revolutionary socialist governments following Marxist concepts took power in a variety of countries in the 20th century, leading to the formation of such socialist states as the Soviet Union in 1922 and the People's Republic of China in 1949, whilst various theoretical variants, such as Leninism, Stalinism, Trotskyism and Maoism, were developed. Marx is typically cited, with mile Durkheim and Max Weber, as one of the three principal architects of modern social science.[8] Marx has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history, and in a 1999 BBC poll was voted the "thinker of the millennium" by people from around the world.[9][10]