Karl Marx

Record year1867

summaryCritical economic study of capitalist production relations in 1867 Volume One, and Engels's delivery of posthumous volume editing of unfinished manuscripts. Terms not itemized into M; posthumous structure not presented as Marx's final version; modern crises, labor systems, and all anti-capitalist movements excluded.

M rationaleCross-problem systematic analysis of production relations, labor, and capital accumulation, rated M6.2 as major social science theory. Specific value, crisis, and historical propositions' verifiability and normative bias limit higher ratings; materials not read volume-by-volume only affects the interval.

attribution rationaleMarx's lifetime texts/manuscripts 0.44; Engels's collaboration and posthumous editing 0.17; classical political economy prior development 0.20; data producers 0.08; publication and collation 0.06; manuscript structure unresolved 0.05.

overlap boundaryCritical economic study of capitalist production relations in 1867 Volume One, and Engels's delivery of posthumous volume editing of unfinished manuscripts. Terms not itemized into M; posthumous structure not presented as Marx's final version; modern crises, labor systems, and all anti-capitalist movements excluded.

Evidence gapsVolume One editions, subsequent manuscripts, and Engels's editorial decisions require MEGA-level calibration; empirical/normative boundaries of value, exploitation, and crisis arguments pending verification.

Record year1844

summaryFrom 1844 to 1846 and in subsequent development, the interpretation of alienation was shifted toward capitalist social relations, and together with Engels, production, class relations, and social change were organized into a problem cluster of historical materialism. This is not a single-factor law proven by all historical facts; later Marxism is excluded.

M rationaleConnecting labor experience with social relations, production, and historical structure, it forms an analytical method reusable across social issues, taking M5.7. Class single-factorization, determinism of historical direction, and inevitability of revolution are potential endogenous limitations, entering the interval and net boundary.

attribution rationaleMarx 0.35; joint development with Engels 0.20; theoretical antecedents 0.27; posthumous manuscript editing and dissemination 0.08; actual networks 0.05; period attribution unresolved 0.05.

overlap boundaryFrom 1844 to 1846 and in subsequent development, the interpretation of alienation was shifted toward capitalist social relations, and together with Engels, production, class relations, and social change were organized into a problem cluster of historical materialism. This is not a single-factor law proven by all historical facts; later Marxism is excluded.

Evidence gapsThe continuity among early manuscripts, co-authored texts, and mature critiques awaits periodized verification.

Record year1848

summaryThe 1848 Communist Manifesto and adjacent joint political writings, turning class, capital, and workers' organization into public political language. Only co-signed texts and mobilization/interpretation methods are counted; later political parties, revolutions, civil wars, and state violence are excluded.

M rationaleThe texts have significant value for public dissemination and organizational agenda, but revolutionary antagonism, class enemy-friend polarization, and strong historical-direction claims are serious normative risks inseparable from the content, taken at net boundary as M4.0; breadth of dissemination cannot automatically raise this.

attribution rationaleMarx and Engels 0.30 each; commissions/workers' organizations 0.14; program antecedents 0.12; dissemination 0.08; unresolved 0.06.

overlap boundaryThe 1848 Communist Manifesto and adjacent joint political writings, turning class, capital, and workers' organization into public political language. Only co-signed texts and mobilization/interpretation methods are counted; later political parties, revolutions, civil wars, and state violence are excluded.

Evidence gapsNeed to distinguish descriptions, predictions, and calls to action in the original text, and verify specific commissions and audiences.

Record year1864

summaryLocatable drafting/organizational services for inaugural addresses, agendas, resolutions, and correspondence from 1864 to 1872. Only specific documents and General Council work are counted; member actions, successor internationals, revolutions, and state violence are excluded.

M rationaleContinuous verifiable organizational documents and agenda deliveries, rated M3.8 for transnational political organization services; actual effects and harms must be limited to the association's scope.

attribution rationaleMarx 0.28; General Council members 0.32; Engels/co-signatures 0.10; organizational antecedents 0.15; correspondence dissemination 0.10; unresolved 0.05.

overlap boundaryLocatable drafting/organizational services for inaugural addresses, agendas, resolutions, and correspondence from 1864 to 1872. Only specific documents and General Council work are counted; member actions, successor internationals, revolutions, and state violence are excluded.

Evidence gapsNeed to calibrate individual shares and actual organizational effects against General Council meeting minutes and document-by-document drafting chains.