Karl Marx, whose full name is karl heinrich marx (German: karl heinrich marx,1865438+May 5, 2008-65438+March 0883, 14), is one of the founders of Marxism, the organizer and leader of the First International, the founder of Marxist political parties, and the proletarian and working people all over the world.

Marx was a great German thinker, political scientist, philosopher, economist, revolutionary theorist and sociologist. His major works are Das Kapital and Manifesto. The famous philosophical thought founded by Marx is historical materialism, and its greatest wish is the all-round and free development of individuals.

Marx founded the great economic theory. Personally, I think his greatest work is Das Kapital, and Marx established his principle of exposition as "critique of political economy". Marx thinks this is the "principle of political economy" and this is the "essence", and future generations can continue to study on this basis.

Marx believes that the destruction of the bourgeoisie is as inevitable as the victory of the proletariat. The Marxist theory jointly founded by him and Engels is regarded as a theoretical weapon and a guide to action to guide the working people all over the world to struggle for the great ideals of socialism and communism.

Introduction to Engels' life:

Friedrich engels (1820165438+19951October 28th-65438+August 5th) is a German thinker, philosopher, revolutionary, educator and military theorist, and a great mentor of the proletariat and working people all over the world, Marx.

Engels, a close friend of Marx, was called "the second violinist", and he provided a lot of financial support for Marx's academic research. After Marx's death, he compiled and published a large number of manuscripts and works left by Marx and became the leader of the international workers' movement.

Engels, a close comrade-in-arms of Marx, wrote the Declaration of * * * together with Marx, and jointly founded the theory of scientific communism. Participated in the leadership work of First International.

After Marx's death, he undertook the work of sorting out and publishing the manuscript of Das Kapital, and also shouldered the heavy responsibility of leading the international workers' movement. In addition to co-writing with Marx, he also wrote Dialectics of Nature and The Origin of Family, Private Ownership and State.

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Major achievements:

1, Marxism

Marxism is one of the most complicated and profound theories in contemporary times. The theoretical scope includes politics, philosophy, economy, society and other fields. The development of Marxism is beyond the reach of any other theory. Because of this, there are many different versions of explanations and statements in this world.

As Hal draper, a modern American Marxist, said, "In human history, few theories have been seriously distorted by unusual people like Marx's thought".

Except Marxism–Leninism, many schools believe that egoism is the orthodox inheritance of Marx. Nowadays, the main camps are Trotskyism, Stalinism, Western Marxism and so on.

2, Engels, the labor movement

Compared with Marx's theoretical expression, Engels is more inclined to be responsible for realizing the rights and interests of the working class through practical work. 1883 After Marx's death, Engels continued to lead the international workers' movement 12 years and founded the Second International in 1889.

In his later years, Engels focused on organizing the Social Democratic Party, a legitimate proletarian party in a democratic country, and strived for concrete economic benefits and political status for workers under the constitutional framework. But he repeatedly expounded the truth that the proletariat cannot give up the violent revolution. Engels reflected on the limitations of Marx's violent revolution in his Introduction to Class Struggle in France.

He pointed out that the German working class must compete with the bourgeoisie for every seat at that time with the right to vote and prove the strength of the proletariat with votes in order to win the decisive battle in the future.

Reference source 1: Baidu Encyclopedia-Karl Marx (founder of Marxism)

Reference 2: Baidu Encyclopedia-friedrich engels