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MARXISM Marxism is a set of political and

philosophical doctrines derived from the work of Karl Marx, German philosopher and revolutionary journalist who contributed in fields such as sociology, economics and history, and his friend Friedrich Engels, who helped in the progress of their theories.

To distinguish the original doctrine from current doctrines derived from it, the Marxist theory proposed by Marx and Engels is historically known as scientific socialism.

THE MARXISM

Marxism emerged based on two major philosophical influences: -Feuerbach, which brought us and affirm its materialist vision of history.-and Hegel: who inspired Marx about the dialectic materialism.

HISTORY OF MARXISM

Marxism was born in the XIX century, the century of the modern age. Their places of birth were the major economic centers in Brussels, London, Manchester, and Paris, the epicenter of the bourgeois revolutions of 1789 and 1830. It is without a doubt, that Marx and Engels were Germans and Germanic determination of Marxism cannot be ignored. But it was only outside of Germany where the new theory would see the light. Except one, all the formative works of historical materialism were written outside Germany.

PARTIES, MOVEMENTS AND GOVERNMENTS INSPIRED BY MARXISM Social Democratic Party of Germany,

communism, currently in Laos, North Korea, Vietnam, Cuba, China and Moldova.Many governments, political parties, social movements and academic theorists have claimed to have been founded on Marxist principles: social democrats of the twentieth century Europe. Russian Bolshevism, the Soviet Union (Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin). Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro.

HOW DID MARXISM AFFECT TODAY’S SOCIETY?

The main effect is communist society. The idea is to end the exploitation of man by man. Marx proclaimed the need for the proletariat, through revolution, conquered the political and economic power and would create a new state workers to service workers. This would result in a new mode of production (socialism), in which there would be no private property, since the first mission of the revolution would be the socialization of property, which would go to the State.

REFERENCES CALLINICOS, ALEX . The Revolutionary

Ideas of Karl Marx. Bloomsbury, London: Bookmarks. ISBN 9781905192687

Avineri, Shalom . The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx. Cambridge University Press.

Jon Elster, An Introduction to Karl Marx. Cambridge, England.

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