The Historical Leader: Karl MarxKarl Marx is one of the greatest historical leaders through his revolutionary philosophical ideas which relate to transformative leadership. Examining his work on revolution, which emerged from his writings in 19th-century Germany and England. Marx is the greatest leader in history for the way he connected philosophical theory to activism and revolutionary change in society. Marx is a transformative leader through his revolutionary change in society and the way society functions. Marx envisioned a society that created a sense of commonality and trust by working together as a whole rather than as separate entities. In the Communist Manifesto (CM), Marx and Engels write that “the bourgeoisie, historically, has played an extremely revolutionary role” (475). This phrase is sarcastic towards the idea that the role of the bourgeoisie (working class) is not to provoke revolutionary struggle, but rather to create conditions suitable for working class revolution. Marx writes that with capitalism “society as a whole is increasingly divided into two large hostile camps, into two directly opposed large classes: the bourgeoisie and the proletariat” (CM, 474). thus revolution exists in terms of both Marx's basic and superstructure concepts. Marx proposes that the bourgeoisie, through its control of the means of production, has managed to ruin the common bonds that once created harmony within the public (CM, 475). As for the rank and file itself, the bourgeoisie's unequal control over the means of economic production provokes the anger of isolated workers (Wage Labor and Capital (WLC), 216-217). Besides that, the bourgeoisie also allows revolution… middle of paper……g regarding social change, and even claims that this change will ultimately be inevitable and lead to the disappearance of social injustices. structures that surround us today. Through this, I feel that Karl Marx was one of the first, if not the first transformative leader in history, which makes him a historic leader. THE HISTORICAL LEADER: KARL MARX4 References Bensaid, D. (2002) In Marx for Our Times: Adventures and Misadventures of a Criticism. New York: NY: Verso.Rubinstein, D. (1981). In Marx and Wittgenstein: Social Practice and Social Explanation. Oxon, Q.C.:Routledge.Tucker, R.C. (1978). In “The Communist Manifesto” in The Marx-Engels Reader. New York, NY:Norton.Tucker, R. C. (1978). In “German Ideology” in the Marx-Engels Reader. New York, NY:Norton.Tucker, R. C. (1978). In “Wage Labor and Capital” in the Marx-Engels Reader. New York, New York: Norton