Time Line 1835: At the age of 17, Karl Marx graduates from high school. In October, he goes to Bonn to study law, following his father’s wishes. 1836: Marx switches to the university in Berlin and continues to live beyond his means. He falls in love with Jenny von Westphalen (b. 1814). They are now secretly engaged. 1838: Karl’s father dies. 1841: Marx earns his doctorate from the University of Jena with a dissertation on ancient Greek philosophy. 1842: Marx begins writing for the Rheinische Zeitung in Cologne, soon advancing to editor. When the paper is banned in the spring of 1843, Marx loses his job. 1843: Marx finishes his studies in Berlin and begins to look for a job. On June 19, he and Jenny marry in Bad Kreuznach. In the late fall, they move to Paris, where Karl makes contact with French socialists and German workers living there. One of them is a young German-born merchant named Friedrich Engels (1820-1895). 1844: Marx and Jenny’s first child, a daughter (Jenny Caroline), is born in Paris. Marx and Engels begin work on a book together. The Marx family is living in true poverty. Karl Marx never held a solid job or had a bank account in his entire life. He was a great philosopher, but a terrible provider. Three of his children died because the family could not afford medicine for them. A fourth died before being named (1857). 1845: Marx and Engels publish their first book together, a polemic against the Young Hegelians entitled Die heilige Familie oder Kritik der kritischen Kritik ("The Holy Family or Critique of Critical Critique"). At the end of this year, Marx gives up his Prussian citzenship. He would remain a stateless person until the end of his life. Marx is expelled from France (because of pressure from Prussia) and the family moves to Brussels. 1847: Marx and Engels (who is now also living in Brussels) are asked to write a communist manifesto for the Communist League in London. 1848: The Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels is published. This is a revolutionary year in many parts of Europe, spreading out from the "February Revolution" in France. But the "Manifesto" plays no role, and all of the civil revolutionary movements across Europe, including those in Prussia, fail to achieve lasting results. Many of the revolutionaries, along with Marx and Engels in Prussia, had to flee their homelands. But the "Manifesto" goes largely unnoticed by most of the world — until 1917. 1848: In April, Marx and Engels go to Cologne and publish the Neue Rheinische Zeitung to support the workers’ movement all across Prussia. With the collapse of the revolutionary forces, the newspaper was forced to shut down in May 1849. 1849: Once again expelled from Prussia, Marx and his family are now living in London, where they depend mostly on the kindness of friends and relatives. The family moves frequently, finally ending up on Dean Street in London’s Soho district. 1864: Two separate inheritances improve the family's situation — with a better house and even two maids. 1881: Marx’ wife (and secretary) Jenny dies of cancer on December 2. Only three of her seven children will outlive their parents (all daughters). 1883: Karl Marx dies at his desk in London on March 14. He has willed all his written works to Engels.
theCommunist Manifesto
- Marx’s most well known work, basis on what became known as Marxism
- Published in 1848
- Distinguished working class people from middle class business owners.
- Invited workers to join the international workingmen’s association
- Spread positive ideas about communism throughout Europe.
Marx quotes
“History calls those men the greatest who have ennobled themselves by working for the common good; experience acclaims as happiest the man who has made the greatest number of people happy.”
“Political economy came into being as a natural result of the expansion of trade, and with its appearance elementary, unscientific huckstering was replaced by a developed system of licensed fraud, an entire science of enrichment.”
“The only intelligible language in which we converse with one another consists of our objects in their relation to each other. We would not understand a human language and it would remain without effect. By one side it would be recognized and felt as being a request, an entreaty, and therefore a humiliation” “Our mutual value is for us the value of our mutual objects. Hence for us man himself is mutually of no value.”
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Marx ideas
- Real human nature is not individual, yet found in relationships
- Humans are valuable
- "Industry is made for man, not man for industry-and 'man' here must mean all the human beings involved.-
- Capitalism causes humans to alienate themselves.
Time Line
1835: At the age of 17, Karl Marx graduates from high school. In October, he goes to Bonn to study law, following his father’s wishes.
1836: Marx switches to the university in Berlin and continues to live beyond his means. He falls in love with Jenny von Westphalen (b. 1814). They are now secretly engaged.
1838: Karl’s father dies.
1841: Marx earns his doctorate from the University of Jena with a dissertation on ancient Greek philosophy.
1842: Marx begins writing for the Rheinische Zeitung in Cologne, soon advancing to editor. When the paper is banned in the spring of 1843, Marx loses his job.
1843: Marx finishes his studies in Berlin and begins to look for a job. On June 19, he and Jenny marry in Bad Kreuznach. In the late fall, they move to Paris, where Karl makes contact with French socialists and German workers living there. One of them is a young German-born merchant named Friedrich Engels (1820-1895).
1844: Marx and Jenny’s first child, a daughter (Jenny Caroline), is born in Paris. Marx and Engels begin work on a book together. The Marx family is living in true poverty. Karl Marx never held a solid job or had a bank account in his entire life. He was a great philosopher, but a terrible provider. Three of his children died because the family could not afford medicine for them. A fourth died before being named (1857).
1845: Marx and Engels publish their first book together, a polemic against the Young Hegelians entitled Die heilige Familie oder Kritik der kritischen Kritik ("The Holy Family or Critique of Critical Critique"). At the end of this year, Marx gives up his Prussian citzenship. He would remain a stateless person until the end of his life. Marx is expelled from France (because of pressure from Prussia) and the family moves to Brussels.
1847: Marx and Engels (who is now also living in Brussels) are asked to write a communist manifesto for the Communist League in London.
1848: The Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels is published. This is a revolutionary year in many parts of Europe, spreading out from the "February Revolution" in France. But the "Manifesto" plays no role, and all of the civil revolutionary movements across Europe, including those in Prussia, fail to achieve lasting results. Many of the revolutionaries, along with Marx and Engels in Prussia, had to flee their homelands. But the "Manifesto" goes largely unnoticed by most of the world — until 1917.
1848: In April, Marx and Engels go to Cologne and publish the Neue Rheinische Zeitung to support the workers’ movement all across Prussia. With the collapse of the revolutionary forces, the newspaper was forced to shut down in May 1849.
1849: Once again expelled from Prussia, Marx and his family are now living in London, where they depend mostly on the kindness of friends and relatives. The family moves frequently, finally ending up on Dean Street in London’s Soho district.
1864: Two separate inheritances improve the family's situation — with a better house and even two maids.
1881: Marx’ wife (and secretary) Jenny dies of cancer on December 2. Only three of her seven children will outlive their parents (all daughters).
1883: Karl Marx dies at his desk in London on March 14. He has willed all his written works to Engels.
the Communist Manifesto
- Marx’s most well known work, basis on what became known as Marxism
- Published in 1848
- Distinguished working class people from middle class business owners.
- Invited workers to join the international workingmen’s association
- Spread positive ideas about communism throughout Europe.
Marx quotes
“History calls those men the greatest who have ennobled themselves by working for the common good; experience acclaims as happiest the man who has made the greatest number of people happy.”
“Political economy came into being as a natural result of the expansion of trade, and with its appearance elementary, unscientific huckstering was replaced by a developed system of licensed fraud, an entire science of enrichment.”
“The only intelligible language in which we converse with one another consists of our objects in their relation to each other. We would not understand a human language and it would remain without effect. By one side it would be recognized and felt as being a request, an entreaty, and therefore a humiliation”
“Our mutual value is for us the value of our mutual objects. Hence for us man himself is mutually of no value.”
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Videos of Marx
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Marx ideas
- Real human nature is not individual, yet found in relationships- Humans are valuable
- "Industry is made for man, not man for industry-and 'man'
here must mean all the human beings involved.-
- Capitalism causes humans to alienate themselves.
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Schneck, Stephen. "Marx, Karl." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2011. Web. 11 Sept. 2011.
Karl Marx and the Jewish Question
William H. Blanchard
Political Psychology
Vol. 5, No. 3 (Sep., 1984), pp. 365-374
"Marxism - YouTube." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQtJHCxR6WQ>.
"Marx for Beginner - YouTube." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoN7y3I9PfM>.
"Human Nature -Who Are We?" North Avenue Alliance Church -Welcome. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. <http://www.northave.org/MGManual/HumanNat/human1.htm>.