Karl Marx Research Paper

Karl Marx In the mid 19 century, Europe came into one of the most dominant and followed philosophers of the time period. Karl Marx was an advocate for the idea of communism. Marx originally followed the idea of Hegelianism at Bonn University in Germany. There Marx studied and accepted the idea of Hegelianism, but quickly abandoned the ideology for communism (Karl Marx Biography 1). Due to his radical nature and radical writing he was exiled from several european countries. His writings and ideology were very influential and the ideology played an important role in his life and beyond his life. Karl Marx’s early life was very uneventful until he reach college. “Karl Heinrich Marx (1818-1883) was born in Trier, Germany.” (Karl Heinrich Marx

“He received his doctorate from the University of Jena in 1841, but his radical politics prevented him from procuring a teaching position.” (Karl Marx Biography 2). From a very early start in his career he was hindered because of his radicalness. “... Cologne Circle published a paper by Marx defending the freedom of the press in their newspaper The Rhenish Gazette…” (Karl Heinrich Marx 1). With his paper being published he learned of a socialist rallies and in these Marx learned of the hardships of the german middle and low classes. With the the new found information he wrote an article where he criticized the government and their lack of support of the working class. With Government threatening arresting Marx ran to Paris with his newly married wife, Jenny von Westphalen (Karl Heinrich Marx 1). With the publishment of his paper on freedom of speech and the paper on the common man’s plight Marx laid the foundation of the rest of his career as a writer and

There “Marx founded a political journal titled Deutch-Franzosische Jahrbucher (German-French Annals)...” (Karl Marx Biography 2). This journal only lasted one issue but it allowed Marx his friend and future philosophical partner Friedrich Engels. “While in Paris, Marx became a communist..” (Karl Heinrich Marx1). With this new relation with the political ideology marx began to question capitalism and question the governments of Western Europe in his works. Marx and Engels were finally exiled out of France, and both fled to Brussels (Karl Heinrich Marx 1). With this part of his life over Marx firmly cemented his belief of communism and began his radicalist beliefs of the “evils” of capitalism. Marx also began to critique anything he deemed wasn’t in the common workers best interest or was in favor of the