Marx and 1848 revolutions

[Schrödinger's Cat]

I was taught awhile back that Marx mistakenly believed socialism would occur soon. The lecturer never quantified the word, but I also believed she was referencing the 1848 revolutions. Does anyone know if Marx ever placed a relative "date" on when a successful revolution would occur? What was Marx's opinion of the 1848 revolutions?

[ComradeOm]

Does anyone know if Marx ever placed a relative "date" on when a successful revolution would occur?He didn't


What was Marx's opinion of the 1848 revolutions?A more interesting question. Remember that Marx's political stance was still somewhat in development in 1848 - the Communist Manifesto was only first published early that year. Indeed no sooner had it been published than Marx felt that it was overly antagonistic towards the bourgeoisie... who had just started climbing the barricades. He even went so far as to disband the Communist League and marginalise its more sectarian members. But while Marx supported the European revolution he was never under the illusion that it was anything more than a bourgeois movement. Its failure caused him to once again shift to the left and temper his ideas of the bourgeoisie as a revolutionary class

[gilhyle]

Have a read of this excellant piece by Engels:

http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1895/03/06.htm

[Colonello Buendia]

well, I think Marx felt that the communists should start preparing for a revolution in 1848, but in many cases you give an idealist a book and they start a revolution. Many a communist read the manifesto and started to revolt. it wasn't Marx's intention but it happened. same with Che's guerrila warfare, he wrote it for revolutionary purposes and idealists read it and with out much planning got themselves killed