Essay Help- Marx..and who?

Question

Hey Guys,
I am doing a question on Marx and I have to comapre him to another political thinker does anyone know which thinker would be the best to comapare him with out of
Hobbes
Locke
Rousseau
Burke
Paine
Wollstonecraft
Darwin
Chomsky
and why should I comapare or contrast him with that thinker.
Thanks for your help..

Answer 1

I'm guessing that Locke and Hobbe would provide the starkest contrast with Marx, if that's what you are asking.

Answer 2

Of that list, Rousseau looks like the best option. It seems that he had an influence on Marx's philosophy. It might be cool to compare them, with Rousseau as a type of early Marxism. Then you can lengthen your answer by examining the differences, and reasons why.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Rousseau was one of the first modern writers to seriously attack the institution of private property, and therefore is sometimes considered a forebear of modern socialism and communism, though Marx rarely mentions Rousseau in his writings. He argued that the goal of government should be to secure freedom, equality, and justice for all within the state, regardless of the will of the majority. From Jean-Jacques Rousseau came the idea of egalitarian democracy.

Answer 3

Lenin.

And Friedrich Nietzsche.

Answer 4

Hegel is really your best bet. The Marxist dialect was based on the Hegelian dialect.

Answer 5

maybe Rousseau - but I hate Marx, I hope he rots in his grave for what he did to the world, that bastard

Answer 6

Darwin
It's all about their different theories/opinions of the evolution of man.

Answer 7

Those are people who influenced his work. Go to this link for some easy info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx

Answer 8

Fredrich Engels, maybe...if he counts. (not on the list)