Despite this failure, he was still a great political leader and set the basis of Communism in Russia. ... In 1836, Karl transferred to Berlin, where his interests turned to the study of jurisprudence; and mainly, history and philosophy. ... This pattern, says Hegal, is clearly evident in human history. ... His goal was to help the proletariat bring about a socialist revolution by studying the factors governing the process of history. ... [In it Marx developed his materialist conception of history, a theory of history in which human activity, rather than thought, plays the crucial role (Spa...

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The Russians thought of Karl Marx, who worked coperatively with Friedrich Engels, as the founding father of dialectical materialism. ... The left, interpreted the Hegelian system in a materialistic sense and felt that world history was the unfolding of matter and not of spirit. ...

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Karl Marx is one of the most controversial economists in history. ... Marx's association to communism was established due to the fact that numerous socialist dictators, such as Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, studied Marx passionately; however it is erroneous to assume that Marx was a proponent of communism. ... During the 16th and 17th centuries England experienced a turning point in its economic history. ...

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