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.
I want to begin with an overview of what democracy is. We can think of democracy as a system of government with four key elements: 1  A political system for choosing and replacing the government through free and fair elections.his is why it takes a lot of time to organize a good, democratic election. Any country can hold an election, but for an election to be free and fair requires a lot of organization, preparation, and training of political parties, electoral officials, and civil society organizations who monitor the process. II.