The socialist philosophy and political program founded by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels; scientific socialism
The socialist ideology of the followers of Karl Marx; a radical, revolutionary political philosophy that aims to capture state power, introduce a dictatorship of the proletariat, and then progress to communism
Any social or political philosophy or ideology derived from the thought of Karl Marx
The socialist philosophy and political program developed by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels
Marxism is a political philosophy based on the writings of Karl Marx which stresses the importance of the struggle between different social classes. the system of political thinking invented by Karl Marx, which explains changes in history as the result of a struggle between social classes. Ideology and socioeconomic theory developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The fundamental ideology of communism, it holds that all people are entitled to enjoy the fruits of their labour but are prevented from doing so in a capitalist economic system, which divides society into two classes: nonowning workers and nonworking owners. Marx called the resulting situation "alienation," and he said that when the workers repossessed the fruits of their labour, alienation would be overcome and class divisions would cease. The Marxist theory of history posits class struggle as history's driving force, and it sees capitalism as the most recent and most critical historical stage most critical because at this stage the proletariat will at last arise united. The failure of the European Revolutions of 1848 and an increasing need to elaborate on Marxist theory, whose orientation is more analytical than practical, led to adaptations such as Leninism and Maoism; in the late 20th century the collapse of the Soviet Union and China's adoption of many elements of a free-market economy seemed to mark the end of Marxism as an applicable economic or governmental theory, though it retains interest as a critique of market capitalism and a theory of historical change. See also Communist Manifesto; dialectical materialism; socialism; Stalinism; Trotskyism
{i} doctrines of Karl Marx, Marxist doctrines advocating a socialistic and communistic approach to politics and economics
the philosophical and sociological approach of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, and their followers History is seen as basically a series of class struggles, with classes being defined in terms of their relation to the means of production He viewed the struggle of workers as a continuation of historical forces that would one day lead to communism This would occur in three stages The first stage was capitalism, in which the proletariat (workers) are exploited by capitalists (business owners) The second stage would be socialism, or a "dictatorship of the proletariat " Marx envisioned that this stage would be brief In the final stage -- communism -- society would become so classless and collectivist that the formal state would wither away, and society could spontaneously operate as a collective whole without government
A viewpoint that explains international relations in terms of the struggle between rich and poor classes (rather than governments)
The philosophy of Karl Marx that the economic (material) order determines political and social relationships Thus, history, the current situation, and the future are determined by the economic struggle, termed dialectical materialism
ideology based on the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels; belief in an economic interpretation of history; belief that all means of production should be collectively owned
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 untimately be superseded by communism
Marxism is the system of Marx's views and teachings Marx was the genius who continued and consummated the three main ideological currents of the 19th century, as represented by the three most advanced countries of mankind: classical German philosophy, classical English political economy, and French socialism combined with French revolutionary doctrines in general Acknowledged even by his opponents, the remarkable consistency and integrity of Marx's views, whose totality constitutes modern materialism and modern scientific socialism, as the theory and program of the working-class movement in all the civilized countries of the world
A communist ideological stream that emerged as the mainstream tendency amongst the Communist parties in the 1920s as it was adopted as the ideological foundation of the Communist International during Stalin's era, and was later adopted by the People's Republic of China, Cuba, Vietnam, and several other nations
the ideas of Marxism as explained and added to by the Russian leader Lenin, who believed in the "dictatorship of the proletariat" (=when government is controlled by a combination of industrial workers and poor farm workers) as part of the process of achieving revolution