Marxism is an approach to the study of society (also called ‘historical materialism’) in which analysis of the totality of social relations of production and reproduction is central. At the same time Marxism is a political movement that...

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 few regional pockets. This influence has advanced along two routes:...

Marxism is a general label to attach to any social theory that can claim a vague philosophical derivation from the works of Karl Marx. In fact Marxism as a general position has become so broad that there is often little serious connection, even in...

The term ‘crisis tendencies’, coined by Jürgen Habermas (1975), describes inherent, structural tensions and inequalities in social systems that lead to social crisis. Habermas’ focus was late capitalism. Connell (1995), though,...

Since Marx's death in 1883, various groups around the world have appealed to Marxism as the theoretical basis for their politics and policies, which have often proved to be dramatically different and conflicting. One of the first major political splits...

MARXISM AND CHRISTIANITY In his otherwise excellent review of Arthur McGovern's Marxism: An American Christian Perspective (MR, June 1984), Joel Kovel comments: "Anyone who, 30 years ago, would have claimed that even a tactical rapprochement could be conceived between forces of Christianity...

Marxism will live on despite the end of the Soviet Union's neo-Stalinist ideology. Social critics' projections of the demise of Marxism will not pass. Marxism must unite all social movements against capitalism's dehumanizing effects. Just before I left Paris I got a book...

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 church's declining influence in the region.Ending a five-day trip to the most populous Catholic...

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 region.Wrapping up five-day visit to Brazil, the 80-year-old pontiff denounced Marxism in...

My essay concerns viewing Communism and Marxist ideas through a philosophical viewpoint.

An examination of the extent of Lenin's commitment to Karl Marx's 'true' communism, and the extent of his application of communism in Soviet Russia.

Crtical evaluation and two sociological perspectives of functionalism and marxism.