Marxism—South Asia
Marxist ideas have had a deep and enduring influence on political, economic, and literary thinking in South Asia, even though Communist parties have been in power in only a f...
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Marxism
Overview
History
Theory in Depth
Theory in Action
Analysis and Critical Response
Topics for Further Study
Bibliography
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Overview
Marxist theory was developed in the 1800s by Karl...
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Marxist Sociology
The concept of a Marxist sociology does not refer to a clearly defined approach to social research; indeed, it is "now employed so widely that it has begun to lose all meaning...
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Marxism
An intellectual tradition and political movement initiated by Karl Marx (1818–1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820–1895), Marxism has devoted much attention and debate on matters of ...
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Marxism
Marxist theories, insofar as they are of philosophical interest, are discussed in detail in the entries Dialectical Materialism; Historical Materialism; and Marxist Philosophy. Various Marxist...
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Functionalism and Marxism. A Critical Evaluation
During the 18th and 19th centuries, political and industrial revolutions coupled with a philosophical movement which promoted a new scientific way of ...
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As historical debates rage over Lenin's actual commitment to Marxism, it is necessary for an historian to glean only the most useful information and facts from such debates in order to form and accura...
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The abuses of laisse-faire capitalism during the industrial revolution led to reform legislation, utopian socialism, and marxism. Laisse-faire capitalism meant, "let do," which means that there is a ...
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Although there is a strong diverse controversy tied with the name of Karl Marx, he was concerned primarily with human freedom, stimulating the ancient concept of Communism, in which human beings mig...
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From a functionalist perspective, the role of societies is to provide a function which socialises individuals into holding and believing certain ideologies within a value consensus. Society members co...
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Msarxism is a revolutionary movement aiming at creating a world of equal social classes, in which the Bourgeoisie and Proletariat are equally sharing the means of production and property. Karl Marx's ...
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Pope Benedict XVI blamed both Marxism and unbridled capitalism for Latin America's problems on Sunday, urging bishops to mold a new generation of Roman Catholic leaders in politics to reverse the c...
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Pope Benedict XVI lamented the deep divide between rich and poor in Latin America but told priests to steer clear of politics as they work to reverse Roman Catholicism's waning influence in the reg...
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BEIJING, Nov 1 (Reuters) - China may have joined the World
Trade Organisation and it may be rapidly opening its banking
sector to foreigners, but when it comes to politics the
teachings of Karl Ma...
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The top spokesman for Venezuela's leftist government insisted on Monday that the pope's condemnation of Marxism wasn't directed at President Hugo Chavez, who says he's steering Venezuela toward "21...
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Beijing (dpa) - China's ruling Communist Party on Monday said it
planned to amend its constitution to incorporate new ideological
concepts attributed to party leader and sta...
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Beijing (dpa) - Top members of China's ruling Communist Party on
Tuesday met to set the agenda for next week's five-yearly congress,
at which party and state leader Hu Jinta...
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VATICAN CITY, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, in a new
encyclical released on Friday, launched an attack on atheism,
saying it was responsible for some of the "greatest forms of
cruelty and viol...
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VATICAN CITY, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, in a new
encyclical released on Friday, said atheism was responsible for
some of the "greatest forms of cruelty and violations of
justice" in histor...
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(Adds Italian atheists group criticising Pope, paragraphs
12-13) By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, in an
encyclical released on Friday, said atheism was responsibl...
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Damascus (dpa) - Every morning Fares leaves his house for the
nearby mosque to say his dawn prayers.
When he returns he expects his wife and two sons to have finishe...
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