What affect did marxist philosophy have on the 20th century ?

Question

communism in particular ??

Answer 1

well, communism is based on Marxist theories anti-capitalism, particularly the part about sharing wealth. Marx claimed that the wealth-holders on top of the social scale are worthless and greedy and that socitey would be better off without them, and would be able to distribute wealth in a much more efficient way. thus, the communism srose, as well as the social order called "socialism". many European countries were communist/socialist countries for a long time (after WWII), but so was (and is) China and Cuba. for more infromation on Marxist economy theories, read his book "Capitalism"- or at least a good summary

Answer 2

If you read Sir karl Popper's account and criticism in
his The Open society.....,then a lot,even in europe.

As you may be aware,even the british have now a socialist
(left wing) government;and France has been under the sway
of their left wing unions for a long time.
Possibly few of them would describe themselves Marxist;
But; if you talk to them you will find that they can see no future
in a right-wing world and covertly admire socialist/marxist
writers and especially heroes.
Personally i dont think marxism had a devastating effect,
though i totally agree with Sir karl about the effect within
so-called higher(european) education- a vast proportion of
people there just take as certain that leftish "socialism" has
a sort-of-secret or vital ingrediant which"makes" it better
than the alternatives.
It also very much distorts their view of history(the majority keep quiet); I was told recently in britain that the U.S. president had a"hand" In 9/11, and that the british leader
Thatcher started the falklands war.
And normally id put an exclamation mark at the end of the last sentence,but i still feel sick that such views are common
(allbeit by adults who should know better).
And hence the "mistrust",in britain and elsewhere,of Americans(obviously i dont share this view).
But we Must remember that marxism started,in europe,at
the time when few people were educated;this is just a historical fact but one i think can explain its popularity there.
And of course,in the "vacuum" there still is in western european thought,leaders and "clever" persons,there,take
advantage(any advantage)and severely criticise/ostracise
those who hold to other ideas.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Wow this subject is alot to cover but in short The phrase "Marxist philosophy" itself does not indicate a strictly defined sub-field of philosophy, because the diverse influence of Marxist theory has extended into fields as diverse as aesthetics, ethics, ontology, epistemology, and philosophy of science, as well as its obvious influence on political philosophy and the philosophy of history.

Answer 5

Marxist philosophy surely reduced the gap between poor and wealthy - even though it can't eradicate poverty fully .
But as happens to all good things in the world , the implementation failed , even though the theory is good .

Answer 6

Various: creation of ideological program as those in ex URSS and China, reinforcement of protection for workers, socialist ideologies, influence on philosophy (especially Frankfurt school).

Answer 7

well, for one it led to the arrival of such neo- and praxis marxists who challenged marxist theory and the likes of the frankfurt school, like herbert marcuse, antonio gramsci, max weber opposing the marxist ideas and ways of thinking. secondly, it gave rise to communist and dictatorial regimes existing in parts of the world, such as china, zimbabwe, russia or aka the soviet union back then

Answer 8

Sod all, capitalism won!!
Oh, it did give English literature students something tedious to think about while they were reading beautiful works of literature!!

Answer 9

It gave a lot of people false hope.

Answer 10

No affect