Following the end of his formal education, Marx entered the world of journalism and began to write articles for various newspapers. After contributing to the Rheinische Zeitung, a liberal paper based in Cologne, Germany, Marx became editor-in-chief of the paper and utilized the platform to project his revolutionary and socialist-centered ideas. Shortly thereafter, Marx first met Friedrich Engels, an event of great importance and one that marked the beginning of an important friendship. The Prussian government banned the Rheinische Zeitung, and Marx was forced to resign as editor-in-chief, ending his affiliation with the newspaper.
Key Words: Journalism, Rheinische Zeitung, Friedrich Engels, Prussian government
To explore the five other eras of Marx’s life, please click on one of the following links:Childhood and Education, Exile in Paris and Brussels, 1848 Revolutionary Events and Writings, Exile in London: Before Das Kapital, and Exile in London: After Das Kapital.
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Karl Marx entered the world in a time of great commotion and excitement. Born to Heinrich and Henriette Marx in the spring of 1818, the young German boy grew up in a period of revolutionary events throughout France, Belgium, and Poland, which undoubtedly exposed Marx to new political ideas and actions that affected his future thoughts and objectives. Throughout his years of higher education, the student was further introduced to his bride-to-be, Jenny von Westphalen, and highly influential philosophers and scholars, such as Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. Marx ended his formal education in the year 1841, after submission and acceptance of his doctoral thesis to the University of Jena.
Key Words: Education, University of Berlin, University of Bonn, Hegel, University of Jena, The Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature, Engagement, Jenny von Westphalen
To explore the five other eras of Marx’s life, please click on one of the following links: Entrance into Journalism and Affiliation with Rheinische Zeitung, Exile in Paris and Brussels, 1848 Revolutionary Events and Writings, Exile in London: Before Das Kapital, and Exile in London: After Das Kapital.
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Following the chaos of yet another exile, Marx and his family made a new home in London, England at the end of the summer in 1849. Throughout the next couple of years, Marx suffered numerous and severe tragedies, as three of his young children passed away, one at the age of eight, and two at the age of one. In addition to the death of his children, Marx later endured the loss of his mother, Henriette. Despite these hardships, the revolutionary figure continued to fight for the international unification of workers as he became more involved in the International Working Men’s Association and continued to publish Furthermore, Marx put significant time and energy into creating and publishing the work that remains his defining triumph: Das Kapital.
Key Words: London, Address of the Central Authority to the League, New York Daily Tribune, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, Prussian Government, Labor Parliament, Crisis in Europe, Herr Vogt, International Working Men’s’ Association, Volume I of Das Kapital
To explore the five other eras of Marx’s life, please click on one of the following links:Childhood and Education, Entrance into Journalism and Affiliation with Rheinische Zeitung, Exile in Paris and Brussels, 1848 Revolutionary Events and Writings, and Exile in London: After Das Kapital.
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Shortly after they married, young Karl and Jenny moved to Paris, where Marx began to affiliate with the city’s League of the Just and the Workers’ Society. Throughout this era, Marx devoted a significant amount of time to focusing on and revising Hegel’s Philosophy of Law, as well as recording his own notes critiquing industrial and capitalist societies. Engels and Marx additionally began to work together on their first joint-publications, including The Holy Family and The German Ideology. Due to mounting pressures from the Prussian Government, however, Marx and his wife, as well as their recently-born daughter, Jenny, were forced to leave France. The family decided to make a new home in Brussels, Belgium, where Marx again worked to unite socialists and workers by creating the German Workers’ Society and establishing the Communist Correspondence Committee, as well as officially joining the League of the Just.
Key Words: Marriage, Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Law, Paris, Heinrich Heine, Deutsch-Franzosische Jahrbucher, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, The Holy Family, The German Ideology, Exile, Brussels, Theses on Feuerbach, Prussian Citizenship, “Circular against Kriege,” The Poverty of Philosophy, Communist League, German Workers’ Society, Brussels Democratic Association, Wage Labour and Capital, Silesian Weavers
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The final stage of Marx’s life involved significant and debilitating sicknesses, including liver ailments, painful skin boils, rheumatism, and other respiratory issues. Despite these obstacles, Marx continued to contribute to various newspapers, work on the second and third volumes of Das Kapital (both published posthumously), and taught himself various subjects, including chemistry, mathematics, and geology to continuously exercise his mind and keep up-to-date with differing aspects of society. Throughout these years, Marx took various “cures” in various countries to seek relaxation and relief from his assortment of health issues. He often visited his eldest daughter Jenny in France along the way. Shortly after his wife and eldest daughter passed away, however, Marx succumbed to his own sicknesses and died in the spring of 1883. His tomb still stands at Highgate Cemetery, located in London.
Key Words: Der Volksstaat, Volumes II and III of Das Kapital, Jenny Marx, Franco-Prussian War, Paris Commune, The Civil War in France, Health Issues, Critique of the Gotha Programme, Death
To explore the five other eras of Marx’s life, please click on one of the following links:Childhood and Education, Entrance into Journalism and Affiliation with Rheinische Zeitung, Exile in Paris and Brussels, 1848 Revolutionary Events and Writings, and Exile in London: Before Das Kapital.
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Within this tumultuous and exciting time, revolutions raged throughout numerous countries, including Italy, Austria-Hungary, Germany, and more, and clearly caught the attention of Marx. Following the creation of the Manifesto of the Communist Party, Marx was ordered to leave Belgium, and settled once gain in Paris, France. There, he helped to form a new central body of the Communist League and established a German Workers’ Club within the city. Both Marx and Engels became involved in the revolutions, either through their writings or by joining the cause. Both men arrived in Cologne to participate in the revolution there and immediately founded the daily newspaper Neue Rheinische Zeitung as a way to show their support of the workers’ struggles and the national liberation movements throughout various other countries. Marx encountered familiar troubles, however, as he was ordered once again to leave the Prussian state by the government and later ordered to leave France.
Key Words: Italian Revolutions, French Revolution, Manifesto of the Communist Party, Arrest, Paris German Workers’ Club, Hungarian Revolution, Neue Rheinische Zeitung, Vienna Workers’ Association, Vienna’s Counter-Revolution, Legal Trouble
To explore the five other eras of Marx’s life, please click on one of the following links:Childhood and Education, Entrance into Journalism and Affiliation with Rheinische Zeitung, Exile in Paris and Brussels, Exile in London: Before Das Kapital, and Exile in London: After Das Kapital.
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