Social Science

Marxian Theory and Influence

With the increasing value of the world of things proceeds in direct proportion to the devaluation of the world of men . Labour produces not only commodities it produces itself and the worker as a commodity -- and does so in the proportion in which it produces commodities generally

- Karl Marx in Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts (1844

Socialist philosopher , historian , scientist , and revolutionary communist , Karl Marx is one of history 's leading thinkers of the 19th Century . His socialist influence is still being adopted and enacted throughout

the developing world . Marx was the leading critic of the capitalistic economic system and he changed political discourse with his writings , activism , and legacy . This brief essay will outline Marx platform by highlighting his major contributions to the rise of socialism through what has come to be known as Marxist theory

Born in 1818 in Germany to middle-class parents , Karl Marx came from a long line of rabbis on both sides of his family as a Protestant Christian . When he was seventeen years old , Marx enrolled in Faculty of Law at the University of Bonn . During his time at the University , Marx became engaged to Jenny von Westphalen , the daughter of Baron von Westphalen , a prominent member of Trier society . The Baron played a large role in interesting Marx in romantic literature and Saint Simonian politics

Marx later enrolled at the more prestigious University of Berlin where he studied for four years learning the ideas of Hegelian theory which...