HIST 2117: Modern Germany Spring 2014 Lecture Five: Marx, Socialism, and the Working Class
Emergence of Worker Radicalism Skilled vs. Unskilled Workers Journeymen’s Associations The Silesian Weaver’s Uprising 1844 Workers in 1848
Philosophical Socialism Socialist Strands in France and England Hegel and “Young Hegelians” Materialism
Karl Marx Early Life Fight with Young Hegelians Friedrich Engels Exile and Links to Communism “Scientific Socialism” Capital
Social Democracy Contest for Representation of the Workers Ferdinand Lasalle Founding the Social Democratic Party of Germany The Internationale
Trade Unionism vs. Political Activism Changes in the Workforce Economic Goals of Unions Suffrage and Political Representation National or International?