Just realized that 2018 is Karl Marx's 200th birth anniversary.
It would be interesting to write a counter-factual history of the world if Marx had never existed
Worth attempting
It would be interesting to write a counter-factual history of the world if Marx had never existed
Worth attempting
Karl Marx was born 3 years before the death of Napoleon.
A year before the birth of Queen Victoria
Bahadur Shah Zafar was just a 43 year old "young" prince
London with a little over 1 million people was the largest city in the world.
A v v long time ago
A year before the birth of Queen Victoria
Bahadur Shah Zafar was just a 43 year old "young" prince
London with a little over 1 million people was the largest city in the world.
A v v long time ago
Marx and his ideas were, in part, a response to the Industrial revolution.
And yes, without Marx even, some form of socialist theory would no doubt have emerged in the course of the 19th century
And yes, without Marx even, some form of socialist theory would no doubt have emerged in the course of the 19th century
But Marx with his blending of economic theory with his materialistic conception of history was a big deal.
It is worthwhile to attempt to identify the ideas that were unique to him, which you didn't find in other thinkers of the 19th century (Eg : Henry George)
It is worthwhile to attempt to identify the ideas that were unique to him, which you didn't find in other thinkers of the 19th century (Eg : Henry George)
