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Ferdinand Lassalle
(1825 - 1864)
Prussian-German jurist and philosopher
Prussian-German jurist and philosopher
Prussian-German jurist and socialist philosopher who played a key role in the early German labor movement.
Ferdinand Lassalle was a pioneering German socialist theorist and jurist who founded the General German Workers' Association in 1863. He championed workers' rights and universal male suffrage, laying the groundwork for the German social democratic movement. Lassalle's intellectual debates with Karl Marx helped shape early socialist thought. Despite his untimely death in a duel in 1864, his writings and political activism left a lasting impact on labor politics in Europe. He remains a controversial figure, celebrated for his passion for social reform and criticized for his methods.
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Ferdinand Lassalle