Marxism

Karl marx called for the revolutionary destruction of the capitalist system because it exploited workers to provide wealth for a few factory owners.

Karl marx called for the revolutionary destruction of the capitalist system because it exploited workers to provide wealth for a few factory owners.

Definition of Marxism

The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Marxism: The body of philosophical, political, economic and sociological ideas associated with Karl Marx (1818-1883) and his life-long collaborator Frederick Engels (1820-1895). The term is also used more generally to refer to work in the social sciences and humanities that employs key ideas and concepts from Marx and Engels’ original writings. The core of Marxist ideas is the claim that each historical period has a distinct mode of production that rests upon particular forces – or technological organization – of production and distinct ways of organizing social relationships between people in the economy. This mode of production then exerts the primary influence in shaping social relations within the society in general as well as its politics, law and intellectual ideas. See: HISTORICAL MATERIALISM / ALIENATION / BASE (OR INFRASTRUCTURE) /CLASS / COMMUNISM / CONTRADICTIONS OF CAPITALISM / LABOUR THEORY OF VALUE / MIDDLE CLASS / POLARIZATION OF CLASSES / SUPERSTRUCTURE / MODE OF PRODUCTION 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) Marxism. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada

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Legal English Vocabulary: Marxism in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term marxism into Spanish: marxismo (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

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See Also

• Political Doctrine
• Economic Doctrine
• Fundamental Right
• Doctrine

Hierarchical Display of Marxism

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Meaning of Marxism

Overview and more information about Marxism

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Translation of Marxism

• Spanish: Marxismo
• French: Marxisme
• German: Marxismus
• Italian: Marxismo
• Portuguese: Marxismo
• Polish: Marksizm

Thesaurus of Marxism

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• Social Democratic Party