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Ferdinand Lassalle (11 April 1825 – 31 August 1864) was a Prussian-German jurist, philosopher, socialist and politician who is best remembered as the initiator of the social-democratic movement in Germany.
Aug 8, 2019 · Ferdinand Lassalle was a founder of the German labor movement. Some 70 years after his death, his works were burned in Nazi Germany for their socialist doctrine.
Ferdinand Lassalle (born April 11, 1825, Breslau, Prussia [now Wrocław, Pol.]—died Aug. 31, 1864, near Geneva, Switz.) was a leading spokesman for German socialism, a disciple of Karl Marx (from 1848), and one of the founders of the German labor movement.
He agitated for the cause of the workers and the ending of capitalism. His works include Die Philosophie Herakleitos des Dunklen von Ephesos (1858), and the System der erworbenen Rechte (1861).
Ferdinand Lassalle, orig. Ferdinand Lasal, (born April 11, 1825, Breslau, Prussia—died Aug. 31, 1864, near Geneva, Switz.), German socialist, a founder of the German labour movement. He took part in the revolution of 1848–49 and established contact with Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
May 18, 2018 · Ferdinand Lassalle was a nearly legendary figure in the history of the German working-class movement; his influence went far beyond his theoretical, organizational, programmatic, or practical contributions, none of which was either significant or long lasting.
Lassalle wrote and agitated under Prussian censorship and was constantly being tried for treasonable activity. His published works and public statements are therefore not always consistent with his private correspondence and conversations. Lassalle's relationship with Marx waxed warm and cool.
