The Marxist Utopia

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The paper explores Marx's theories and is of the opinion that Marx is undoubtedly the most influential person in the last one and a half centuries. The paper maintains that this is because Marx vigorously espoused a cause that is close to the heart of billions of workers all over the globe. The paper discusses how Marx was influenced by Hegel in his dialectical method as well as Engels and his other contemporaries and fellow revolutionaries. The paper concludes that through his hard work and focus on his vision, Marx forged a distinct worldview that has greatly changed and is still changing the political map of the world.

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"Marx had a scattered and incomplete account of his conception of a communist society. Much of the knowledge available is from his analysis and critique of capitalism from which he made projections as to the nature of communism that he contends is diametrically opposed. It is in this context that Marx suggests discovering new worlds through the criticism of the old. Thus, to better grasp Mark's conception of communist society, one must delve into his critique of capitalist bourgeois society together with his analytical framework and worldview that vastly differed with the prevailing dialectical materialism and historical materialism."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Avineri, S. (1999). The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx (Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics). Cambridge: Cambridge UP.
• Curtis, M. (1981). The Great Political Theories, Vol 2. NY: Avon Books.
• Marx, K. (1964). Communist Manifesto. NY: Washington Square Press._______. (1999). Das Kapital. Gateway Editions.
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