Karl Marx was a philosopher, political economist and German. It has been regarded as the greatest exponent of the so-called Hegelian Left, one of the schools of thought originated in the ideas of the philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831). Trévenis born in 1818. completed his university studies at Bonn and Berlin where, after having received from counsel, presented his doctoral thesis in philosophy. As a result of their political affiliation, was condemned to exile. In 1842 and is fervently dedicated to the dissemination of their ideas through various newspapers. At that time began working contacts with leftist organizations. Despite belonging to a wealthy family, Marx lived most of his life in poverty. She helped him survive his friend Friedrich Engels, who collaborated with him in the drafting of much of their work. He participated in the revolutionary events that shook Europe in 1848. was, together with Engels, a founder of the First Socialist International in 1864. He died in 1883 in London.
His most important work is the capital, other workers, who wrote alone or in collaboration with Friedrich Engels were Critique of Political Economy, The German Ideology, The Class Struggle in France, Theses on Feuerbach and the Communist Manifesto .
According to this thinker, on the basis of social change was the work, men established ties, he called relations of production. These, in turn, originated the superstructure, which included the right, political institutions, etc.. Humans have gone through various historical stages characterized by specific relations of production (the Asian empire, feudalism and capitalism). In the capitalist framework faced by social class, proletarians and capitalists.
The contradictions in capitalist society would lead to the establishment of communism.