Why were many intellectuals attracted to both philosophies in the 1930's and what social factors contributed to the rise of both?
2007-07-24 07:16:16 · 3 answers · asked by Matthew S 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Existentialism is the opposite of communism. Communism is very empirical. Communism is a police state that believes in crass materialism. Communism is not a philosophy and never has been, and neither has Marxism been a philosophy, they are economic systems.
Existentialism never set the stage for WWII. Stalin made a pact with Hitler and both Nazis and Communists invaded Poland and started WWII together.
2007-07-24 07:25:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Disregarding what they were, I think any case you tried to make for those two idea systems contributing to WWII would be extremely weak. You'd have a better chance of making the case that WWII was the inevitable outcome of the French Revolution of 1789.
2007-07-24 15:54:49 · answer #2 · answered by John R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are some links thats might be of some help. Some things people say on here are just opinions not facts so you'd be better off researching things yourself.http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/marx/
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/existentialism/
http://www.geocities.com/sanape_1/FULKERSON2.html
2007-07-27 00:43:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋