Karl Korsch Philosopher

Karl Korsch (August 15, 1886 – October 21, 1961) was a German Marxist theoretician. 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.

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Birth date	August 15, 1886
Birth place	German Empire , Germany , Tostedt
Date of death	October 21, 1961
Place of death	Belmont Massachusetts , United States
Main interest	Economics Politics Law

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Philosopher

influenced	Bertolt Brecht Frankfurt School New Left Douglas Kellner
influenced by	Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Immanuel Kant Karl Marx Friedrich Engels Mikhail Bakunin Fabian Society Vladimir Lenin
philosophical school	Marxism
region	Western philosophy