Did Karl Marx make a contribution to sociology?
yes. There are really too many examples to name. I suggest reading an encyclopedia article about Marx just to get a basic understanding. Then read the one of his works, it will probably be difficult at first, but stick with it, his ideas about alienation, globalization, and class struggle are even more relevant today (worldwide) than they were when he wrote them. Mainly, I think that a historical perspective from a common person’s point of view i.e. not focused on “leaders”, dates, and places lends itself to understanding Marx’s work. A lot of the criticisms against Marx’s work extend significantly beyond any work that he has done and are part of a class struggle that Marx writes about. Marx benefits from being contemporary and prolific in that nearly all of the work that he published at the time can be read in whole today. Finally, I can’t emphasize more strongly that you should not take anyone else’s word for what Marx is about, read it for yourself in conjunction with history of ave
