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    Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were 19th century German philosophers who developed the socio-economic and political doctrine of Marxism, which analyzes the class struggle between capitalists and laborers under capitalism and advocates for a socialist revolution and establishment of a communist system. They collaborated and published works like The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital to explain and promote their views on capitalism, class conflict, and how socialism could replace capitalism by overthrowing the bourgeoisie and transferring control of economic resources to the proletariat. Their ideas had significant influence on social and revolutionary movements globally.

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    Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were 19th century German philosophers who developed the socio-economic and political doctrine of Marxism, which analyzes the class struggle between capitalists and laborers under capitalism and advocates for a socialist revolution and establishment of a communist system. They collaborated and published works like The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital to explain and promote their views on capitalism, class conflict, and how socialism could replace capitalism by overthrowing the bourgeoisie and transferring control of economic resources to the proletariat. Their ideas had significant influence on social and revolutionary movements globally.

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    Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were 19th century German philosophers who developed the socio-economic and political doctrine of Marxism, which analyzes the class struggle between capitalists and laborers under capitalism and advocates for a socialist revolution and establishment of a communist system. They collaborated and published works like The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital to explain and promote their views on capitalism, class conflict, and how socialism could replace capitalism by overthrowing the bourgeoisie and transferring control of economic resources to the proletariat. Their ideas had significant influence on social and revolutionary movements globally.

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    Karl Marx

    Friedrich Engels

    Masters in Architecture - Urban Design Social Theory in Urban Design


    Who is
    Karl Marx?
    ● Karl Marx was a German
    philosopher during the 19th
    century.
    ● He worked primarily in the realm of
    political philosophy.
    ● He was a famous advocate for
    communism.(property and economic resources are owned and controlled by the state)
    ● He cowrote The Communist
    Manifesto and was the author of
    Das Kapital, which together formed
    the basis of Marxism.
    Who is
    Friedrich Engels?
    ● Engels was German socialist
    philosopher.
    ● He was a successful
    businessman.
    ● In 1844 he published The Condition
    of the Working Class in England.
    ● After meeting Karl Max, he formed
    a permanent partnership to
    promote the socialist movement.
    ● Marxism is a social, economic,
    and political doctrine developed by Marxism.
    German philosophers Karl Marx
    and Friedrich Engels in 1848
    ● It describes the class struggle
    between capitalists and laborers.
    Capitalists
    ● It analyzes in-depth causes and
    effects of capitalism and
    advocates for a social revolution
    exploit/enslave
    to replace it with communism.
    Labourers

    Power Class Economic /social


    imbalance conflicts revolution

    Overthrow capitalists
    and seize control
    Why Marxism.?

    ● The ideas had a huge impact on ● It was the first political text purely ● Marx and Engels wanted to
    social leaders and revolutionaries based on economic exploitations intervene in the socio-economic
    around the globe. and inequality. structure.
    ● They wanted to challenge and
    transform the system.
    How did their
    partnership work?

    Since ancient times, societies are


    But history always moves forward from
    being divided into opposing
    slavery - feudalism - socialism - communism
    classes.
    is the conflict between those who control and
    The control was mainly dominated
    those who are controlled.
    for the means of production.
    ( land, raw material, tools, skill)
    Marx and Engels read that it is a scientific theory that
    underpins the social dynamics
    They identified the conditions in The technological advances replaces
    the principles of capitalism labour, that further reduce their
    that they believed will bring the wages and pushes them towards
    end of capitalism. poverty.
    This capitalist crisis brings a large So Marx and Engels, attempt on a
    economic gap, which sides to only systematic to explain how capitalism
    one party. with produce and reproduce
    inequality.
    (rather than mutual gains and liberations)
    Marx and Engels believed that
    That capitalist held the economic
    both classes have power
    power
    (political power) resources, but they were not
    subjected only to economic power
    Marx and Engels predicted that
    The also believed that the state of
    the rise in social conflict will bring
    affairs will provide justice and rise
    the end of capitalism.
    a exploitation free society.
    And that capitalism can be
    stopped.
    The end of Marx.
    After the brutal 1917 Russian Revolution, when the social democratic
    parties abandoned militant revolutionaries in favour of
    parliamentary reformation while reaffirming their commitment to
    social conditioning, the last political rift over Marxist principles
    broke.
    References
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAhceJjX8iQ
    https://www.wallstreetmojo.com/marxism/
    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-Marx

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