POL113H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Aufheben, Rationality, Productive Forces
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In countries with a revolution- the communist movement would organize itself as a class - A victory by the communists would bring an end to capitalism. They posited that a revolution would fundamentally eliminate unequal power relationships. A society full of equality- all are free to develop and live their live. Marxism in practice has not yet succeeded in producing the goal culture. Socialist regimes have succeeded in realizing the vision of marx and engels in other ways: by eliminating private property, collective ownership, general social services, challenging the ideology of egoistic individuals. Marxism encouraged people to dream beyond their historical experience; radical actions to eliminate economic suffering. The creed of marxism: the manifesto of the communist party. Classical marxist tend to emphasize the concepts of dialectical materialism the labor theory of value- analyses of the economic and political structures of capitalism. Revisionists say that this emphasis greatly neglects marx"s earlier and more philosophic and humanistic writings.
