MARXISM

The body of philosophical, political, economic and sociological ideas associated with Karl Marx (1818-1883) and his life-long collaborator Frederick Engels (1820-1895). The term is also used more generally to refer to work in the social sciences and humanities that employs key ideas and concepts from Marx and Engels' original writings. The core of Marxist ideas is the claim that each historical period has a distinct mode of production that rests upon particular forces - or technological organization - of production and distinct ways of organizing social relationships between people in the economy. This mode of production then exerts the primary influence in shaping social relations within the society in general as well as its politics, law and intellectual ideas.

Communism differs from socialism because it contemplates revolutionary social change rather than just electoral politics. The first modern communist society was established in Russia after the revolution of 1917 and this political system was imposed by the Soviet Union, after the second world war, on many countries of Eastern Europe. In Asia, a successful communist-led revolution in China in 1949 led to the growth of communist regimes and political movements in other areas, including Korea, Vietnam and Malaysia. These centralized and dictatorial communist systems were far from the model societies envisaged by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels who believed that a communist revolution would create co-operative collective ownership a true community-based democracy and a weakening of the role of the state .

Althusser, Louis [1918-1990][1953]
marxists.org/reference/archive/ althusser/works/onmarx/althusse.htm

marxists.org/reference/archive/ althusser/works/formarx/althuss1.htm

marxists.org/reference/archive/ althusser/works/formarx/althuss2.htm

Croce, Benedetto [1900/14]
http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/ marx/croce.htm

Ilyenkow, Evald Vasilyevich [1924-1979][1960]
marxists.org/archive/ilyenkov/works/ abstract/index.htm

marxists.org/archive/ilyenkov/works/ essays/index.htm

marxists.org/archive/ilyenkov/works/ ideal/ideal.htm

marxists.org/archive/ilyenkov/works/ positive/index.htm

marxists.org/glossary/people/i/ l.htm#ilyenkov-evald

Katsiaficus, George - San Diego State University, USA
tryoung.com/archives/042katsificus.html

Kautsky, Karl [1854-1938] [1892]
marxists.org/archive/kautsky/works/1890s/erfurt/index.htm

marxists.org/archive/kautsky/works/1900s/unions.htm

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marxists.org/archive/kautsky/works/1900s/ethics/index.htm

marxists.org/archive/kautsky/works/1900s/christ/index.htm

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marxists.org/archive/kautsky/works/1920s/lenin-epitaph.htm

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marxists.org/glossary/people/k/a.htm#kautsky-karl

Korsch, Karl [1923]
marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/korsch.htm

Labriola, Antonino [1843-1904]
socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/marx/labriola.html

marxists.org/archive/labriola/index.htm

marxists.org/archive/labriola/works/al03.htm

Lukáacs, Georg [1885-1971]
marxists.org/archive/lukacs/works/history/lukacs67.htm

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Andrew Feenberg [1981]
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/feenberg/luk1.htm

Levee Blanc [1997]
http://dept.english.upenn.edu/~ov/blevee/lukacs.html

marxists.org/glossary/people/l/u.htm#lukacs-georg

Luxemburg, Rosa [1871-1919]
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Novack, George
marxists.org/archive/novack/works/empiric/index.htm

Mehring, Franz [1846-1919]
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marxists.org/archive/mehring/index.htm

Meszaros, Istvan [1930-]
marxists.org/archive/meszaros/works/alien/index.htm

Marx' Theory of Alienation
http://garnet.berkeley.edu:3333/.left/.theory/.theory.html

Trotski, Leon [1879-1940]
marxists.org/archive/trotsky/index.htm

marxists.org/archive/trotsky/bio/index.htm

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marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1930-lif/1930-lif.pdf

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marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/pdf/prrp.pdf

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marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1936-rev/index.htm

marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1939-abc.htm

marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1942-dm/index.htm

In Defense of Marxism
Uchida, Hiroshi
marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ot/ uchida.htm

socialequality.com/
The World Socialist Web Site

Young, T.R.
tryoung.com/archives/047marxmethodology.html

The core of Marxist ideas