Karl Marx Research Paper

A
Brief Bio
Of
KARL MARX

Germany May 5th 1818, Karl Heinrich Marx came into the world. Philosopher, sociologist, economist, journalist; Marx’s ideas would go on to be catalyst for the socialist movement in 1883. In fact many regimes today consider themselves to be of Marxist thought even though many of them have diluted many of Marx’s original ideas. Scholars only have recently been able to view and study many of his writings being as though Marx had delayed publication of many works. Two of Marx’s most notable works include The Communist Manifesto published around 1848 and Das Kapitol (Capitol) published in or around 1867, Capitol contained many volumes and was referred to as ‘the Bible of the working class’.
Karl’s father, Herchel Marx, converted from Judaism to Protestant Christian as well as changing his forename to Heinrich during the time Purssia had anti Jewish laws. In 1815 he began working as an attorney and moved his family into a ten room house. Karl’s mother, born Henrietta Pressburg was a Dutch Jew, unlike her husband she was illiterate, devoting all her time to her family. Karl was educated in his youth in Trier, not much else is known of his younger life, what we do know is that he attended
Trier High School whose headmaster had employed many liberal humanists. The government raided the school in 1832 confiscating literature being shared between students which they believed was arousing political liberalis. In 1835, Karl now seventeen started attending the University of Bonn. He was interested in studying philosophy and literature, though his father insisted he study law. While studying at
Bonn, met Jenny von Westphalen who he then engaged, being the daughter of a prominent business man in Trier. Karl was a big socialite in Bonn, he ended up racking up a large amount of debts, as well as being injured in a duel. Fearing for his sons future, Heinrich Marx paid
Published in 1867, Capitol outlined the collapse of industrial capitalism. Karl kept up with Volumes 2 and 3 of Capitol, at the same time, his health started to diminish. In the winter 1881, Karl’s wife Jenny died, three years later would see the death of his eldest daughter in January of 1883 from cancer. Karl Marx died two months later on March 14th, 1883.
In conclusion, my research in the life and times of Karl Marx has lead me to believe that many of Marx’s beliefs have come to pass. The idea of two economic classes competing for happiness, especially here in America; is getting more apparent as the years go by. The recession as of today has compounded that idea. With more unemployed people and the rich getting richer and fighting fiercely to protect those riches from taxation, the conflict theory, the elite controlling the poor or lower class, usually by making jobs scarce and outsourcing. Marx with his conflict perspective was using common sense as well as experiencing a lot of social injustice first hand. When I listened to Presidential or any politician for that matter, call someone’s ideas Marxist, there was a stigmatism I never fully understood with that word.