Pre-Marx socialists
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While Marxism
is generally considered to be the brainchild of Karl Marx
, on careful perusal of the socialist literature, at least the following can be credited with socialist principles very similar to Marxism much before Marx.
Marxism
Marxism is an economic and sociopolitical worldview and method of socioeconomic inquiry that centers upon a materialist interpretation of history, a dialectical view of social change, and an analysis and critique of the development of capitalism. Marxism was pioneered in the early to mid 19th...
is generally considered to be the brainchild of Karl Marx
Karl Marx
Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...
, on careful perusal of the socialist literature, at least the following can be credited with socialist principles very similar to Marxism much before Marx.
- Gerrard WinstanleyGerrard WinstanleyGerrard Winstanley was an English Protestant religious reformer and political activist during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell...
, who founded the Diggers movement in the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... - Charles FourierCharles FourierFrançois Marie Charles Fourier was a French philosopher. An influential thinker, some of Fourier's social and moral views, held to be radical in his lifetime, have become main currents in modern society...
, French philosopher who propounded principles very similar to Karl Marx - Louis Blanqui, French socialist and writer
- Marcus ThraneMarcus ThraneMarcus Møller Thrane was a Norwegian author, journalist, and the leader of the first Norwegian labor movement, later known as the Thrane movement .-Early life:...
, Norwegian socialist http://store.vesterheim.org/product_info.php?products_id=1846 - Thomas HodgskinThomas HodgskinThomas Hodgskin was an Englishsocialist writer on political economy, critic of capitalism, free-market anarchist and defender of free trade and early trade unions...
, English Ricardian socialist and free-market anarchist