Karl Marx: The Thinker Who Changed the World

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KARL MARX
On 14th March, one of the greatest thinkers of the world ceased to think whose ideas
have changed the perception of looking at the world the way it was seen. His ideas on sociology
and economic history changed the world. In this paper, the main aim is to discuss the way Karl
Marx, who was expelled from Germany and France became someone who changed the world by
contributing his ideas.
Born in Prussia on 5th March 1818, Marx was one of the nine children born to Heinrich.
His father was a successful lawyer and a passionate activist for Prussian reform who revered to
Voltaire and Kant (Faccarello & Kurz, 2016). In his university that had a rebellious culture,
Marx would take an active part. He was introduced to Hegel in during his studies in the
University of Berlin and became largely involved with the young Hegelians taking part in social
reforms that were increasing during the 19th century. Then onwards he began becoming
politically zealous criticising the political and religious establishments when revolutionary
uprisings were engulfing Europe in the year 1848.
According to Nicolaievsky & Maenchen-Helfen, (2015), Karl Marx not only interpreted
the world but changed it with his greatest ideas and thinking. His theoretical works are the
foundation of the social change that represents the scientific perception of the class struggle
which is the major driving force of history. The doctrine of class struggle is the theory central to
Marxian thought that consists of milestones in the field of sociology, philosophy, political and
economic studies. According to Marx, 'the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of
class struggle', it is the first line of his greatest work Communist manifesto 1848. The most
widely read political document provides tools for analysing capitalism and capitalist crisis. His
ideas in the manifesto help in understanding the development of mankind and the rules of its