Karl Marx and his theories, Background, The Russian Revolution, SOSE: History, Year 9, NSW Introduction: Karl Marx's life The German philosopher Karl Marx became one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. Karl Marx was born in 1818 in Germany. He studied law and philosophy at university in Germany. See image 1. Marx associated with the influential philosopher Friedrich Engels. Together they developed and built on theories of capitalism, socialism and historical change. Marx's most influential theories were published in the Communist Manifesto (1848) and the Das Kapital (1867).
Democracy (Greek: Î´Î·Î¼Î¿ÎºÏÎ±ÏÎ¯Î±, DÄmokratÃ­a literally rule of the commoners), in modern usage, is a system of government in which the citizens exercise power directly or elect representatives from among themselves to form a governing body, such as a parliament. Democracy is sometimes referred to as rule of the majority.
Democracy can be traced back from the present day to classical Athens in the 6th century B.C.E. Democracy is a type of political system, or a system of decision-making within an institution, organization, etc., in which all members have the equal share to power. ii: The ancient Greeks did not have a word to use for rights. ^ iii: The United States of America was and is, a republic, not a direct democracy. A direct democracy can be defined as a form of government in which the people decide matters directly, with prime example the Athenian democracy.