CHAPTER 4
Marxism
INTRODUCTION
As the name suggests, marxism draws its roots and shoots from German philosopher Karl Marx (1818-1883). It emerged as a reactionary thought against the social and economic inequalities created by the rise of industrial capitalism in Europe. It attracted the focus of people towards the problem of haves and have nots and the division of Western society into two classes called Capitalists (bourgeoisie) and Workers (proletariats). With the publication of Communist Manifesto (1848) Marx and his lifelong co-author Friedrich Engels brought a new challenge to well established ideas of liberalism in the form of a proletariat revolution for change in the basic structure of society. As a counter to the early socialist (Utopian ...
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