Can someone desribe Marxism for me in a simple way that i can understand?

Answer 1

The ideal of social equality: everyone in society has the right to have their life sustained "to receive according to need, and to give according to ability".

Marxism in it's simplest form

Answer 2

Marxism arose in reaction to what seemed to be at least at the time to be capitalism's careless disregard for the needs and the well being of the working classes. While well intended, in actual practice the development of State runned planned economies led to the development of overzealous economic development plans that turned out to exploit the very workers that Marxism sought to protect. In addition, the Communist countries that practiced a form of Marxism wanted adherence by the workers to the requirements of the State and so they sought to eliminate religious practice. These problems created an internal environment that led to the collapse of the communist economies

Answer 3

there is so much more to it than this but the basic ideas of the philosophy are that the social classes in capitalist and free market societies are defined by their relationship to a means of production. there are the working classes (proletariat) who sell their labor power and Marx says add value to the goods they are creating, value which surpasses their own; and there are the ruling classes (bourgeoisie) who buy the labor power and exploit the workers. he believed that because the working classes are viewed as "labor capital" rather than as people that all of the legal, political, and religious systems would be set up according to the ruling classes' best interests.

Answer 4

E. O. Wilson's description. " Marxism, wonderful theory, wrong species ".

Answer 5

Definitions of Marxism on the Web:

* The philosophical theory of economics and history derived from the writings of Karl Marx (1818-1883).
academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/virtual/glossary.htm

* Marxism is a term used to refer to a hugely diverse set of social, economic, historical, philosophical and cultural theories, only some of them derived from the thought of German philosopher Karl Marx. Broadly speaking, marxist theories focus upon the inequalities of wealth which the capitalist economic system brings, and point to the effects of this exploitative system upon people and cultures. ...
www.adamranson.freeserve.co.uk/critical%20concepts.htm

* Economic and political philosophy created by Karl Marx. ...
www.elissetche.org/dico/M.htm

* Believes that the dictatorship of the proletariat is necessary in the period between ousting Capitalism and the final development of Communism.
www.embassy.org.nz/encycl/m3encyc.htm

* A theory of of socialism which states that the oppression of the working class by the "nobility" will eventually lead to a revolt by the workers and the establishment of a classless society.
hulmer.allegheny.edu/glossary.html

* 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). ...
www.socialpolicy.ca/m.htm

* A socialist idealogy (named for Karl Marx) that provided the underpinnings for communism in the USSR and Cuba. The MPLA adopted a Marxist position for several decades.
angolateam.org/angola_glossary.html

* The theory that history has been characterized by a struggle between the working classes and their masters, the middle-class capitalists. The outcome of struggle is to be an uprising of the oppressed and the overthrow of capitalism. In part, this belief was shared by John C. Calhoun, who feared that the growth of industrial capitalism in America would lead to just such a class struggle.
www.chuckallan.com/fccj/amh2010/Vocabulary.html

* a form of socialism and mode of analysis derived from the teachings of Karl Marx (1818–83). Marxism regards capitalism as an inherently unjust system with the capitalists (those who own the means of production) exploiting the proletariat (those who must sell their labour in order to live). It aims to replace capitalism with a fairer system, socialism maturing into communism. See Spotlight box 3.2.
media.pearsoncmg.com/intl/ema/uk/0131217666/student/0131217666_glo.html

* from the works of Karl Marx - the study of society as the conflict or struggle of social classes
www.naiadonline.ca/book/01Glossary.htm

* 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 ultimately be superseded by communism
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

* Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. Marx drew on Georg Hegel's philosophy, the political economy of Adam Smith, Ricardian economics, and 19th century French socialism to develop a critique of society which he claimed was both scientific and revolutionary. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxism

Answer 6

Read Hegel

Answer 7

The state owns everything and everyone works for the state.

Answer 8

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