Significant Others The Marxes
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Apr 3, 2024 Ted Danson portrays Karl Marx in a podcast exploring his personal life, marriage to Jenny, and partnership with Engels. They discuss societal disapproval, financial hardships, intellectual connections, sacrifices for social revolution, and revelations about parentage. The podcast highlights Marx's contradictory actions, women's sacrifices, and the transformative meeting with Engels in 1844.
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Long Secret Engagement
- Jenny von Westphalen waited years while Karl Marx struggled to establish a career before they could marry.
- Her long secret engagement and sacrifice reveal early personal costs behind Marx's rise.
Partnered By Ideas
- Jenny shared her father's humanist and proto-feminist views and chose ideas over social standing.
- Her intellectual alignment with Marx made her an active partner, not merely a supportive spouse.
Honeymoon Births Big Ideas
- On their honeymoon Marx wrote two famous lines and Jenny became a mother soon after.
- Their honeymoon combined intimacy and intellectual breakthroughs that shaped Marx's work.