1. HIST 2117: Modern Germany Spring 2014
Lecture Five: Marx, Socialism, and the Working Class

2. Emergence of Worker Radicalism
Skilled vs. Unskilled Workers
Journeymen’s Associations
The Silesian Weaver’s Uprising 1844
Workers in 1848

3. Philosophical Socialism
Socialist Strands in France and England
Hegel and “Young Hegelians”
Materialism

4. Karl Marx Early Life Fight with Young Hegelians Friedrich Engels
Exile and Links to Communism
“Scientific Socialism”
Capital

5. Social Democracy Contest for Representation of the Workers
Ferdinand Lasalle
Founding the Social Democratic Party of Germany
The Internationale

6. Trade Unionism vs. Political Activism
Changes in the Workforce
Economic Goals of Unions
Suffrage and Political Representation
National or International?