Ferdinand Lassalle
Ferdinand Lassalle · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Political philosopher and founder of the General German Workers' Association, a father of German social democracy
1825, Breslau, Prussia (now Wrocław, Poland) — 1864, Carouge (Geneva), Switzerland
Germany · Switzerland
Ferdinand Lassalle is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Political philosopher and founder of the General German Workers' Association, a father of German social democracy
Ferdinand Lassalle was a German-Jewish political philosopher, jurist and socialist who in 1863 founded the General German Workers' Association, the first mass working-class party in Germany and a direct ancestor of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Born into a Jewish merchant family in Breslau, he championed state-aided producer cooperatives and universal suffrage. He died at 39 from wounds in a duel, but his organizing made him a father of German social democracy.
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Political philosopher and founder of the General German Workers' Association, a father of German social democracy
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