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   Karl Marx

   Despite their criticism of Hegel's metaphysical assumptions, they made use of Hegel's dialectical method as a powerful weapon for the critique of established religion and politics. ... Marx's influence
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   Labour power

   Labour power (in German: Arbeitskraft, or labour force) is a crucial concept used by Karl Marx in his critique of capitalist political economy.
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   Classical Marxism

   Other influences on Marx ... The Prussian authorities applied pressure on the British government to expel the two men, but Prime Minister Lord John Russell refused.
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   Proletariat

   The term was initially used in a derogatory sense, until Karl Marx used it as a sociological term to refer to the working class.
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   Ideology

   Ideologies are systems of abstract thought (as opposed to mere ideation) applied to public matters and thus make this concept central to politics. ... Karl Marx used the term in his own context often throughout his works.
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   Marxism

   He argued that if the working class did not take power away from the Stalinist bureaucracy, the bureaucracy would restore capitalism in order to enrich itself. ... Karl Marx
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   Capital, Volume I

   Karl Marx examined surplus value and showed it to be a necessity in capitalism. ... Labor power used to reproduce the worker cannot be done without always creating more surplus value that benefits the capitalist.
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   Labor theory of value

   "Socially necessary" labor refers to the quantity required to produce a commodity "in a given state of society, under certain social average conditions or production, with a given social average intensity, and average skill of the labour employed. ... Depreciation, he implies, was really the weak point in Marx's social accounting system all along.
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   Influences on Karl Marx

   Influences on Karl Marx are commonly referred to as deriving from three sources: German idealist philosophy, French socialism, and English & Scottish political economy. ... Hegel's dialectical method, which was taken up by Karl Marx, was an extension of the method of reasoning by “antinomies” that Kant used.
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    Jenny von Westphalen

    Marx publishes in New York a leaflet titled "the 18 Brumario of Louis Bonaparte", using phrases and descriptions on the style of those used during the French Revolution times and the self -proclaims of poor Corsica Island born Consul Napoleon Bonaparte when he announced his self - appointement as French Emperor , some 50 years earlier. ... Uncle Lion, get impressed by the persuasive capacity of Karl and his social conscience talk, lending him a considerable amount to be repaid at Karl´s mother death when he will be able to digg on her mother´s will.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Karl Marx,
• Labour power,
• Classical Marxism,
• Proletariat,
• Ideology,
• Marxism,
• Capital, Volume I,
• Labor theory of value,
• Influences on Karl Marx,
• Jenny von Westphalen