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Karl Korsch

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Karl Korsch (1886-1961) was a German Marxist theoretician and political philosopher recognized as one of the dissidents who challenged the orthodox Marxism of the Second International represented by Karl Kautsky, Georgi Plekhanov and Lenin. Alongside Georg Lukacs, he is considered one of the major figures who laid the groundwork for Western Marxism in the 1920s. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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1886 1
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1. Wikidata: Karl Korsch
  • Wikidata Q60208, class allow-list match, case-insensitive label variant (w-bbfill-smallsix2-0926/resolve_ci.ps1)
  • Wikidata Q60208, P569 (w-bbfill-smallsix3-0926)
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Karl Korsch (Wikipedia)
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    Karl Korsch (German: [ˈkaʁl ˈkɔʁʃ]; August 15, 1886, October 21, 1961) was a German Marxist theoretician and political philosopher.
  • Associated With: Fabian Society, Article text
    During this time, Korsch became a member of the Fabian Society, a reformist socialist organization.
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