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The theorist I have decided to research for my assignment is Karl Marx a philosopher, social scientist, historian and revolutionary. Karl Marx is easily one if the most influential social thinkers in the 19th century and many of his works were published. Marx was born in Germany on May 5, 1818 and raised in a middle class household. Marx is best known as the founder of modern communism and was even banished from the city of Paris in 1844 and called a dangerous revolutionary because of his work. Marx traveled to Paris in 1843 in order to publish one of his works but obviously this effort was unsuccessful. While in Paris Marx met Fredrick Engels who ended up being a lifelong friend and he also helped Marx come up with the communism theory. Marx moved to London after the banishing and remained there until his death. The Marxism movement didn't really begin until after Karl Marx's death. While living Marx's social, economic, and political ideas were unaccepted and ignored by other......

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