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   Marxist philosophy

   Instead, Marx saw consciousness as political. ... However, Marx's thought changed again following Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte's December 2, 1851 coup, which put an end to the French Second Republic and created the Second Empire which would last until the 1870 Franco-Prussian War.
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   History of socialism

   Unlike the utopian socialists, who often idealised agrarian life and deplored the growth of modern industry, Marx saw the growth of capitalism and an urban proletariat as a necessary stage towards socialism. ... ↑ Fischer, Ernst, Marx in his own words, p135, quoting from Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
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   Bonapartism (epithet)

   Karl Marx was a student of Jacobinism and the French Revolution as well as a contemporary critic of the Second Republic and Second Empire. ... Marx saw both Bonaparte and his nephew Napoleon III as having corrupted revolutions in France in this way.
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   French Revolution of 1848

   Later, on the 10th of December, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte was elected president of the French Republic. ... Karl Marx saw the "June Days" uprising as strong evidence of class conflict.
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   Influences on Karl Marx

   However, Marx's thought changed again following Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte's December 2, 1851 coup, which put an end to the French Second Republic and created the Second Empire which would last until the 1870 Franco-Prussian War. ... Karl Marx
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   Young Marx

   Etienne Balibar points out that Marx's works can't be divided into "economic works" (Das Kapital), "philosophical works" and "historical works" (The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, the 1871 Civil War in France, etc.) . ... Karl Marx
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   Lumpenproletariat

   In the Eighteenth Brumaire, Marx describes the lumpenproletariat as a 'class fraction' that constituted the political power base for Louis Bonaparte of France in 1848. ... In that sense, Marx saw the lumpenproletariat as a counter-revolutionary force.
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   The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon

   Karl Marx ... The Eighteenth Brumaire Of Louis Bonaparte, International Publishers, New York, 1963.
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   Napoleon III of France

   Karl Marx, in The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon, mocked Napoléon III by saying that historical facts and personages often appear twice: "The first time as tragedy, the second time as farce." ... Bonaparte
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    Socialism

    ↑ Marx, Karl, Communist Manifesto, Penguin (2002) ... ↑ Fischer, Ernst, Marx in his own words, p135, quoting from Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

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