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Karl Korsch
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Karl Korsch was a German philosopher, politician, essayist, and university teacher born in Tostedt on 15 August 1886. He participated in World War I and was educated at Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the University of Geneva. His professional career included teaching positions at Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Washington State University, with work locations in Berlin. He was a member of the Communist Party of Germany, the Social Democratic Party of Germany, and the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany.
Korsch’s field of work encompassed philosophy, politics, and sociology, influenced by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Karl Marx. He is associated with continental philosophy and contemporary philosophy. His notable works include *Kernpunkte der materialistischen Geschichtsauffassung*, *Giati eimai Marxistēs*, *Einführung in Das Kapital von Karl Marx* (1932), *Revolutionärer Klassenkampf*, and *Was ist Sozialisierung?*. He died in Belmont on 21 October 1961. His archives are held at the International Institute of Social History and Houghton Library.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 15 August 1886
- Died
- 21 October 1961
- Works
- 30
Top works
- Kernpunkte der materialistischen Geschichtsauffassung
- Giati eimai Marxistēs
- Einführung in Das Kapital von Karl Marx, 1932
- Revolutionärer Klassenkampf
- Was ist Sozialisierung?
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Key facts
- Born
- 15 August 1886, Tostedt , Province of Hanover , Prussia , German Empire
- Died
- 21 October 1961 (1961-10-21) (aged 75), Belmont, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Education
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München , University of Geneva , Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin , University of Jena ( Dr. jur. )
- Era
- 20th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Western Marxism
- Institutions
- Tulane University , Columbia University
- Notable students
- Bertolt Brecht , Felix Weil
- Main interests
- Politics , economics , law
- Notable ideas
- The principle of historical specification (comprehending all things social in terms of a definite historical epoch)
- Minister president
- August Frölich
- Preceded by
- Roman Rittweger
- Succeeded by
- Richard Leutheußer
- Party
- USPD (1917–1920) , KPD (1920–1926) , KAPD (1927)
- Other political affiliations
- Determined Left (1926) , Group of International Communists (1926) , Left Communists (1926–1928)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Karl
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Tostedt
- Place of death
- Belmont
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Geneva
- Employer
- Washington State University
- Political party
- Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- sociology
- Movement
- continental philosophy
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Korsch-karl.jpg
- Work location
- Berlin
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- date of death
- 1961-10-21
- date of birth
- 1886-08-15
- name in native language
- Karl Korsch
- Commons category
- Karl Korsch
- archives at
- Houghton Library
- influenced by
- Karl Marx
- time period
- contemporary philosophy
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Encyclopedic overview
Karl Korsch ( German: [ˈkaʁl ˈkɔʁʃ]; August 15, 1886 – October 21, 1961) was a German Marxist theoretician and political philosopher. He is recognized as one of the "dissidents" that challenged the Marxism of the Second International of Karl Kautsky, Georgi Plekhanov and Lenin. Along with György Lukács, Korsch is considered to be one of the major figures responsible for laying the groundwork for Western Marxism in the 1920s.
Early years
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