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Karl Korsch
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Karl Korsch | |
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 Korsch's official Reichstag portrait, 1924 | |
| Born | 15 August 1886 |
| Died | 21 October 1961 (aged 75) Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Jena (Dr. jur.) |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Western Marxism |
Main interests | Politics, economics, law |
Notable ideas | The principle of historical specification (comprehending all things social in terms of a definite historical epoch) |
| Minister of Justice of the Free State of Thuringia | |
| In office 16 October 1923 – 12 November 1923 | |
| Minister-President | August Frölich |
| Preceded by | Roman Rittweger |
| Succeeded by | Richard Leutheußer |
| Member of the Reichstag for Thuringia | |
| In office 26 July 1924 – 1 July 1928 | |
| Preceded by | Hermann Schubert |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
| Member of the Landtag of Thuringia | |
| In office February 1924 – July 1924 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | USPD (1917–1920) KPD (1920–1926) KAPD (1927) |
| Other political affiliations | Determined Left (1926) Group of International Communists (1926) Left Communists (1926–1928) |
Karl Korsch (German: [ˈkaɐ̯l ˈkɔɐ̯ʃ]; August 15, 1886 – October 21, 1961) was a German Marxist theoretician and political philosopher.[1] He is recognized as one of the "dissidents" that challenged the Marxism of the Second International of Karl Kautsky, Georgi Plekhanov and Lenin.[2] 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.[3]
- ^ Devlin, Nicholas (2021). "Karl Korsch and Marxism's interwar moment, 1917–1933". History of European Ideas. 48 (5): 574–593. doi:10.1080/01916599.2021.1975149. ISSN 0191-6599.
- ^ Renton (2004), pp. 60–63.
- ^ Jacoby (1983), pp. 523.
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