Das Kapital "increasing misery" doctrine, which is presumed to mean that the proletariat is absolutely immiserated. "Capital, Volume I" (1867); published in Marx’s lifetime: "Capital, Volume II" (1885); manuscript not completed by Marx before his death in 1883; subsequently edited and published, by friend and collaborator Friedrich Engels, as the work of Marx: "Capital, Volume III" (1894); manuscript not completed by Marx before his death in 1883; subsequently edited and published, by friend and collaborator Friedrich Engels, as the work of Marx: "Capital, Volume IV" (1905–1910); critical history of theories of surplus value; manuscript written by Marx; partial edition edited and published,
Timeline of Karl Marx Republic of China in 1949. Many labour unions and workers' parties worldwide are influenced by Marxism, while various theoretical variants, such as Leninism, Stalinism, Trotskyism, and Maoism, were developed from them. Marx is typically cited, with Émile Durkheim and Max Weber, as one of the three principal architects of modern social science. The list on the left recounts significant events in the life of Karl Marx, and his friends and family. The list on the right provides contextual information, recounting wider political and historical events that had an effect on Marx. Timeline of Karl Marx Karl Marx (5 May 1818