Marx and Engels

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collaborative authors philosophical duo political theorists

Marx and Engels were 19th-century German philosophers, economists, and political theorists whose works, including "The Communist Manifesto," laid the foundations of modern socialism and communism.

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Label	Occurrences
Marx and Engels canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	collaborative authors ⓘ philosophical duo ⓘ political theorists ⓘ
advocated	establishment of a classless society ⓘ overthrow of the bourgeoisie ⓘ proletarian revolution ⓘ
associatedWith	First International NERFINISHED ⓘ
coAuthoredWith	Friedrich Engels NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Marx NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
critiqued	bourgeois political economy ⓘ capitalism ⓘ religion as ideology ⓘ utopian socialism ⓘ
developedConcept	abolition of private property in the means of production ⓘ class struggle ⓘ dialectical materialism NERFINISHED ⓘ dictatorship of the proletariat ⓘ historical materialism NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	philosophy ⓘ political economy ⓘ political theory ⓘ social theory ⓘ
ideology	communism ⓘ scientific socialism ⓘ socialism ⓘ
influenced	Antonio Gramsci NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Kautsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Mao Zedong NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosa Luxemburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Lenin NERFINISHED ⓘ communist movements ⓘ labor movements ⓘ revolutionary movements ⓘ socialist movements ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ
movement	Marxism NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Anti-Dühring NERFINISHED ⓘ Critique of the Gotha Programme NERFINISHED ⓘ The Communist Manifesto NERFINISHED ⓘ The German Ideology NERFINISHED ⓘ
theoreticalBasisFor	Leninism NERFINISHED ⓘ Marxism–Leninism NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Marxism NERFINISHED ⓘ various communist parties ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ

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Description of subject: Marx and Engels were 19th-century German philosophers, economists, and political theorists whose works, including "The Communist Manifesto," laid the foundations of modern socialism and communism.

Referenced by (1)

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Socialist Union of Working Youth (early Bolshevik youth groups) → inspiredBy → Marx and Engels ⓘ

subject surface form: Socialist Union of Working Youth