Marx·ism

(märk′sĭz′əm)

The political and economic philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in which the concept of class struggle plays a central role in understanding society's allegedly inevitable development from bourgeois oppression under capitalism to a socialist and ultimately classless society.

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Marxism

(ˈmɑːksɪzəm)

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the economic and political theory and practice originated by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that holds that actions and human institutions are economically determined, that the class struggle is the basic agency of historical change, and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded by communism

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Marx•ism

(ˈmɑrk sɪz əm)

also Marx•i•an•ism

(-si əˌnɪz əm)

n.

the system of thought developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, esp. the doctrines that class struggle has been the main agency of historical change and that capitalism will inevitably be superseded by a socialist order and classless society.

[1895–1900]

Marx′ist, Marx′i•an, n., adj.

Marxism

1. the doctrines developed from the political, economie, and social theories of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, and their followers: dialectical materialism, a labor-based theory of wealth, an economie class struggle leading to revolution, the dictatorship of the proletariat, and the eventual development of a classless society.
2. the contributions to these doctrines in the interpretations of Lenin; Leninism. — Marxist, n., adj. — Marxian, adj.

Marxism

The political theory of Karl Marx, including its analysis of society in terms of the class struggle and its belief in the replacement of capitalism by communism.

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Noun

Marxism - the economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded by communism

communism - a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society

lumpenproletariat - (Marxism) the unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement

Marxism

noun

Quotations
"When asked whether or not we are Marxists, our position is the same as that of a physician or a biologist who is asked if he is a `Newtonian', or if he is a `Pasteurian'" [`Che' Guevara `We Are Practical Revolutionaries']

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Translations

مَارِكْسِيَةٌ

marxismus

marxisme

Marxismus

Μαρξισμός

marxismo

marxilaisuusmarxismi

marxisme

marksizam

marxismo

マルクス主義

마르크스주의

marxismus

marxism

ลัทธิมาร์กซ์

Marksizm

chủ nghĩa Mác

马克思主义

Marxism

[ˈmɑːksɪzəm] N → marxismo m

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Marxism

[ˈmɑː^rksɪz^əm] n → marxisme m

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Marxism

n → der Marxismus

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Marxism

[ˈmɑːksɪz/əm] n → marxismo

Marxism

→ مَارِكْسِيَةٌ marxismus marxisme Marxismus Μαρξισμός marxismo marxilaisuus marxisme marksizam marxismo マルクス主義 마르크스주의 marxisme marxisme marksizm marxismo марксизм marxism ลัทธิมาร์กซ์ Marksizm chủ nghĩa Mác 马克思主义

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'This crook-nosed, gross-bodied harpy'; 'this civic sinner, this judicial highwayman'; 'possessing the morals of the Tenderloin and an honor which thieves' honor puts to shame'; 'who compounds criminality with shyster-sharks, and in atonement railroads the unfortunate and impecunious to rotting cells,'--and so forth and so forth, style sophomoric and devoid of the dignity and tone one would employ in a dissertation on 'Surplus Value,' or 'The Fallacies of Marxism,' but just the stuff the dear public likes.

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During the Soviet Union's Khruschevite thaw, Evald Ilyenkov (1924-79) emerged as one of the leaders of "creative" Soviet Marxism, which frequently stood in opposition to the state-sanctioned doctrines of "official" Soviet Marxism and has as yet remained relatively unstudied, particularly in comparison to the Soviet Marxist theory of the pre-Stalin period of the 1920s.

Dialectics of the Ideal: Evald Ilyenkov and Creative Soviet Marxism

He presents superficial cherry-picking riddled with mistakes, incomprehension, dubious assertions and selective quoting on both Marxism and anarchism.

Alex Prichard, Ruth Kinna, Saku Pinta and David Berry (eds), Libertarian Socialism: Politics in Black and Red

I always knew through TBS of Chrisman's passion for Marxism as the preeminent political and economic tool for liberating black communities in the USA, Africa, and the African diaspora.

An indomitable spirit of Black Studies

radio host Rush Limbaugh attacked Pope views as 'dramatically, embarrassingly, puzzlingly wrong' and described the Argentinian pontiff's economics as 'pure Marxism'.

Pope Francis says he's no Marxist, but defends critique of Capitalism

The return of Marx, and of Marxism, has been aided by the release from what was once called "actually existing socialism", operating as it did through ideological lenses of simplistic mandatory texts in which large parts of the real Marx were neglected or distorted.

Marcello Musto, ed.: Marx for Today

Before one attempts to analyse the reasons for the adoption of socialist ideology in China, it must be understood that Marxism per se held little, if any, appeal or relevance to these Chinese intellectuals.

The Rise of Modern China Why was Marxism an appealing philosophy to New Culture and May 4th intellectuals?

Divided into two parts, "Marx and Engels" and "Marxism," each eight chapters in length, Hobsbawm's book is wide ranging without being shallow.

How to Change the World: Reflections on Marx and Marxism

A recurring motif in almost all of Mailer's writing has been that technological and economic abundance created new and diminished modes of a meaningful life, a position that Mailer's version of existentialism and Marxism share.

The prescience of Mailer's Marxism: socialism or Barbary Shore?

In Specters of Marx, Derrida is seeking to make the claim that Marxism (18) is not something we can escape, ignore or overcome; it is part of the tapestry of our culture and cannot, therefore, just end.

Dialogue between Fukuyama's account of the end of history and Derrida's hauntology

Going against the tide, Castoriadis's critical opposition to and rejection of orthodox Marxism could be seen as part of his endeavour to investigate the theoretical and political foundations of Marxism.

Castoriadis on Althusser and the crisis of Marxism