24 Facts About Karl Korsch

Karl Korsch was a German Marxist theoretician and political philosopher.

Karl Korsch was born in the small rural village of Tostedt to Lutheran parents, Carl August Korsch and his wife Therese on August 15,1886.

Karl Korsch wrote an unpublished book covering the development of Leibnitz's theories of the monads.

The move not only allowed the elder Karl Korsch to obtain employment at a local bank, it gave his children the opportunity to receive a better education.

Karl Korsch, who showed great intellectual promise at a young age, excelled as a student during his years of schooling at Meiningen.

When he was not occupied with his studies, Karl Korsch was extremely active in the Freie Studenten, a left-of-center student group which pushed for further liberalization of the school's code of behavior.

Karl Korsch found time to become editor of the student newspaper, to which he contributed articles.

Karl Korsch received a grant in 1912 to travel to England and work on translating and writing a commentary to a legal text by Sir Ernest Schuster.

Karl Korsch was a grandchild of feminist Hedwig Dohm, who would be closely involved in his theoretical work.

Hedda Karl Korsch from 1916 was a teacher at the Wickersdorf Free School Community.

Karl Korsch's stay in England came to an end in the summer of 1914 when he received orders to report to his military regiment at Meiningen for maneuvers.

Karl Korsch was awarded the Iron Cross twice for his bravery under fire.

When widespread unrest began to sweep through the German military in 1917, this company established a soldiers' soviet with Karl Korsch being elected by his fellow soldiers to serve as one of this soviet's delegates.

Karl Korsch was part of the USPD faction which joined the German Communist Party in 1920.

Karl Korsch became Communist Minister of Justice in the regional Thuringian government in October 1923.

Karl Korsch attributed the failure of the German revolution to the lack of ideological preparation and leadership of the working class.

In fact Karl Korsch had attended an interview with Ganz at which Inspector Jempson of the Special Branch had been present, but without Karl Korsch being aware of his identity.

Karl Korsch later claimed that Ganz had encouraged him to reveal his revolutionary sentiments in front of the policeman and suggested that this was a factor in the expulsion of Karl Korsch from Britain a few months later.

Karl Korsch's masterwork, Marxism and Philosophy, is an attempt to re-establish the historic character of Marxism as the heir to Hegel.

Karl Korsch maintained that the revolutionary transformation of the mode of production and labor is essential to realize a proletarian revolution.

Karl Korsch survived within a current known as the Resolute Lefts, until his expulsion in April 1926.

Karl Korsch is an often neglected figure within twentieth century political theory.

Karl Korsch taught and befriended Bertolt Brecht, the Marxian playwright, who said he picked Karl Korsch to instruct him in Marxism due to his independence from the Communist Party.

Karl Korsch instructed Felix Weil, the founder of the Institute for Social Research, from which the highly influential Frankfurt School was to emerge.