卡尔" 马克思生平
Harl einrieh pnx ws bar on ay 5th, sl8 in the elty of Trier Germany taa
comfortable middle-class,Jewish family。 His father,a lawyer and ardent supporter
of Enlightenent liberalisa,eonverted to Lutheranism then barx was only a boy
ordar to save the fanily froa the disorinination that pruasian Jews endured af the
Hine,Marx enjoyed a broea,secular education Under his father and found an
intelleetusl sentor in Ereiherr Ludvig von Wostphalen a Prussian noblenan with wbom
Marx discussed the areat literary and philosophieal fisures of his day Notably
it mas Westphalen who introdtced the young Marx to the ideas of the early Freneh
soeialist Saint-siamn
As astudent in Bonmn and Berlin Marx ms areatly influenced by the philosophy of
Teael While Warx was inpressed with the lgelian professors under whom he stodied
he ultimately found himself attracted to a group of students known as the“Young
Hogalians * This proup of yomg iconoelasts,ineluing David Straugs, Brun Bauar,
and War Skiner ware inspired by Hagel but ware datemained to chapion the mora
radical aspects of the old master s System。 In particular,these Left Hegelians
callea into aueotion the eonservatioe they soe in Herel's avored political and
religious philosophies Athough arx desired acareer as an academie at the time,
his political smpathies prevented hin fron receiving am position in the
statereontrolled university system Instead Warx tumed to journalisn where his
radical politics attraeted the attention of Prussian emmsors The miblication for
hich he worked ms shat dom for its politically ineorrest comentary and the
mustrated Marx traveled ta Paris
paris inlBtawas aninteroational conterofsoeial politioal andartistieactivity
and the pathering place of radicals an revolutionares froa all over Buropa,In
Paris arr became involyed with soelalists and revalationariee such as Proudhon and
Bakunin Most senifieantly, though,it was in paris thatWarx met Priedrioh bneela,
the sonofaweslthy tertile nufacturer in Enelond hohed becomeasocialistafter
bserving the deplorable condition of workers in his father s faetories_ Together
Marx an Engels began to develop the ideas which beeame Revoultionary Proletarian
Soeialism or as it is better tnom,Coamunism Erentuallyy Warx was exiled from
France in 1845 at the behest of the Prussian government for antiroyalist writings
htter leaving paris Wars uaveled ta Belgiom where he becane involved with aaroup
of artisans calling thenselyes the Communist Leagua,In 1947 the Communist League
omissioned Warx and Eneals to pen a statement of thelr beliefs and aims,This
atateaent heoage the Connunist Wanifosto thieh Marx zealously oggased 训
antieipation the revolutions of 1848, When revolution did begin in genaany in 18人,
Marx traveled to theRhineland to ncourage its progress When the revolstion failed
Marx retamed to Paris bat soon left for landon shere he would remain for the rest
onis life。
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Marx waited in London for the fires of revolution to ignite again。 In preparation
for this,he spent his time in correspondence with revolutionary leaders on the
Continent,ignoring the English Chartists and Trade Unionists mhom he thought
simpleminded and ineffectual,Eventually, Marx realized that the revolution was not
inmminent,and he withdrew from his associarions,burying himself in the British
Museum to research the history of class conflict, The fruit of this research was
Mare s great Das Kapital,the first volume of which was published in 1867.
Things began to turn around for Marx in 1863 when French workers traveled to England
in order to establish a federation of working men pledged to overthrow the economic
status quo,ALthough Marx disagreed with many of the ideological factions in the
group,he recognized the significance of this event and left his self-imposed exile
to join them_ Marx successfully insinuated himself into the leadership of the group,
now knowmn as the International,and delivered his fanmous Inaugural hddress to the
First International as a triuaphant proclanation of his prineiples,At last Marx
had what he had desired since 1847; he had provided the intellectual foundation for
socialist movement over Which he exereised full organizarional control
Mare s satisfaction soon ended,however,as the Paris Commune of 1871,the first
true instance of workers achieving power for themselves,turned into a bloody
isaster,The more pacifistic English workers became frightened and the French
movenent fell to infighting,The anarchist supporters of Bakunin tried to wrest
control of the International from Marx,and the struggle between Marx and the
anarchists finally lead to the dissolution of the group in 1876,
Tn the few remaining years of his life Marx wrote almost no significant works。 His
stature as the former leader of the International,though,did make him a sought
after resouree for new revolutionary groups throughout Europe and,in particular
in Russia。 Although Marx helped these new leaders as he could,he did not take on
any leadership roles in any movement again Marx died in London in 1883,still
amaiting the inevitable revolution which he had predicted.
About the Communist Manifesto
1846 Karl Marx was exiled from Paris on account of his radical politics,He moved
to Belgium where he attempted to assemble a ragtag group of exiled Gernan artisans
into an unified political organization,the Gernan Working Men' s Association Marx
anare of the presence of similar organizations in England,called these groups
together for ameeting in the winter of 1847,Under War s influence this assemblage
of working-class parties took the name “The Communist League ”discussing their
rievanees with capitalism and potential methods of response,While most of the
delegates to this conference advocated universal brotherhood as a solution to their
economic problems,Marx preached the fiery rhetoric of class warfare,explaining
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to the mesmerized workers that revolution was not only the sole answer to their
ifficulties but mas indeed inevitable,The League,completely taken with Marx,
commissioned him to write a statement of their collective principles,a statement
which became The Coamunist Manifesto。
After the conferenee,Marx returned to Brussels,earrying with him a declaration
of socialism penned by two delegates,the lone copy of The Communist Journal,the
publieation of the London branch of the Communist League,and a statement of
Principles written by Engels,Although Marx followed Engel sprineiples very closely,
the Manifesto is entirely of his om hand,Marx wrote furiously,but just barely
made the deadline the League had set for him The Wanifesto was published in February
1848 and quickly published so as to fan the flames of revolution which smoldered
om the Continent、When revolution broke out in Germany in March 1848,Marx traveled
to the Rhineland to put his theory into practice. When this revolution was suppressed,
Marx f