Communism
Definition of Communism
The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Communism: A political theory that advocates collective ownership of the means of production (resources, land and capital), abolition of private property and equalisation of incomes. Communism differs from socialism because it contemplates revolutionary social change rather than just electoral politics. The first modern communist society was established in Russia after the revolution of 1917 and this political system was imposed by the Soviet Union, after the second world war, on many countries of Eastern Europe. In Asia, a successful communist-led revolution in China in 1949 led to the growth of communist regimes and political movements in other areas, including Korea, Vietnam and Malaysia. These centralized and dictatorial communist systems were far from the model societies envisaged by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels who believed that a communist revolution would create co-operative collective ownership a true community-based democracy and a weakening of the role of the state . See: SOCIALISM in this legal dictionary and in the world encyclopedia of law.
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Notes and References
- Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Communism. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada
Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Communism
(You may find communism at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
social system based on collective ownership, 1843, from French communisme (c. 1840) from commun (Old French comun; see common (adj.)) + -isme (see -ism). Originally a theory of society; as name of a political system, 1850, a translation of German Kommunismus (itself from French), in Marx and Engels’ “Manifesto of the Communist Party.” Compare communist. In some cases in early and mid-20c., a term of abuse implying anti-social criminality without regard to political theory. Each [i.e. socialism, communism, anarchism] stands for a state of things, or a striving after it, that differs much from that which we know; & for many of us, especially those who are comfortably at home in the world as it is, they have consequently come to be the positive, comparative, & superlative, distinguished not in kind but in degree only, of the terms of abuse applicable to those who would disturb our peace. [Fowler]
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Legal English Vocabulary: Communism in Spanish
Online translation of the English legal term communism into Spanish: comunismo (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.
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Definition of Communism
In relation to social issues, a meaning of communism is provided here: the final state of social evolution according to Marx, in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed according to need.
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See Also
- Political Doctrine
- Economic Doctrine
- Fundamental Right
- Doctrine
Communism
See Also
- Governance
- Authoritarianism
- Marxism
- Social Democracy
Further Reading
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Draper, H. (1986). Karl Marx’s theory of revolution, volume
III: The dictatorship of the proletariat. New York:
Monthly Review Press.
Thomas, P. (1994). Alien politics: Marxist state theory
retrieved. New York and London: Routledge. - Communism in the Encyclopedia of Governance, Mark Bevir – University of California, Berkeley, USA, 2007, SAGE Publications
Communism
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See Also
- Economic Systems
Further Reading
- Communism in the Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, 3rd Edition, Macmillan Reference USA, 2014
Hierarchical Display of Communism
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Meaning of Communism
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Translation of Communism
- Spanish: Comunismo
- French: Communisme
- German: Kommunismus
- Italian: Comunismo
- Portuguese: Comunismo
- Polish: Komunizm
Thesaurus of Communism
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