Author: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a German Jewish philosopher, best known as the founder of Communism. Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) was a German philosopher, social scientist, journalist and businessman. He originated Marxist theory, together with Marx.

The Socialist and Communist literature of France, a literature that originated under the pressure of a bourgeoisie in power, and that was the expression of the struggle against this power, was introduced into Germany at a time when the bourgeoisie, in that country, had just begun its contest with feudal absolutism. (More…)