Analysis Of Karl Marx And Comm
unism
Karl Heinrich Marx was born on May 5, 1818, in the city of Trier in
Prussia, now, Germany. He was one of seven children of Jewish
Parents. His father was fairly liberal, taking part in demonstrations
for a constitution for Prussia and reading such authors as Voltaire
and Kant, known for their social commentary. His mother, Henrietta,
was originally from Holland and never became a German at heart, not
even learning to speak the language properly. Shortly before Karl
Marx was born, his father converted the family to the Evangelical
Established Church, Karl being baptized at the age of six.
Marx attended high school in his home town (1830-1835) where several
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student culture at Bonn included, as a major
part, being politically rebellious and Marx was involved, presiding
over the Tavern Club and joining a club for poets that included some
politically active students. However, he left Bonn after a year and
enrolled at the University of Berlin to study law and philosophy.
Marx's experience in Berlin was crucial to his introduction to Hegel's
philosophy and to his "adherence to the Young Hegelians." Hegel's
philosophy was crucial to the development of his own ideas and
theories. Upon his first introduction to Hegel's beliefs, Marx felt a
repugnance and wrote his father that when he felt sick, it was
partially "from intense vexation at having to make an idol of a view
[he] detested." The Hegelian doctrines exerted considerable pressure
in the "revolutionary student culture" that Marx was immersed in,
however, and Marx eventually joined a society called the Doctor Club,
involved mainly in the "new ...
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journal in Prussia. However, the Prussian
government suspended it because of "pressures from the government of
Russia." So, Marx went to Paris to study "French Communism."
In June of 1843, he was married to Jenny Von Westphalen, an attractive
girl, four years older than Marx, who came from a prestigious family
of both military and administrative distinction. Although many of the
members of the Von Westphalen family were opposed to the marriage,
Jenny's father favored Marx. In Paris, Marx became acquainted with
the Communistic views of French workmen. Although he thought that the
ideas of the workmen were "utterly crude and unintelligent," he
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