Essays on Marxism

In the words of Lenin (as cited in Johari, 2005:72 in Ugumanin & Maurice, 2014) ‘‘liberal’’ or ‘‘democratic’’ a state claims to be, it is mainly an instrument for the domination, oppression, and exploitation of the economically weak class by the powerful and dominant class....

Values and norms are shared guides that form a society. A Norm is a general standard that social groups will see as informal laws or guides to our behaviour. A social expectation which is underpinned by members of society’s shared ideas on, important beliefs and...

For many Millennia, women have been Othered, dominated, and made property by men. Thus, the ownership of women, like all private property must be abolished. It is the mission of all Socialists to abolish the patriarchy. Many groups have attempted to reform the existing mode...

Karl Marx never directly wrote articles on education, but his influence on the authors, scholars, intellectuals, and educators who followed him was profound. The power of his ideas has changed the way we see the world. Whether you accept his analysis or opposition to society,...

Marxism is embedded today as it is displayed in variety of ways in our society. But what is Marxism? It is a theory developed by Karl Marx that proposes social economic classes that are evident in literature as well as those reflected in real life....

When it comes to the issue of violence, most people avoid it as much as possible as it has devastating outcomes for both parties. However, Frantz Fanon is one controversial philosopher who has tried to justify violence, especially when it comes to political violence in...

Marxist Critical Theory is a politically-orientated criticism. It is derived from the theories of social philosopher Karl Marx.  A Marxist critic grounds their theory and practise in the economic and cultural theory of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels and in doing so criticise literature in...

Criminology is a field of sociological inquiry that focuses on the causes, consequences, social perceptions, and prevention of illegal behavior and social deviance. It is, therefore, a discipline that pertains to some of the most fundamental questions a society confronts, such as the nature and...

Communism or Marxism in another word, is an ideology that has been into existence since the dawn of time, but the works of the Germen philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels are what made communism be referred to both of them in general and to...

Throughout the 19th century there was this German philosopher called Karl Marx that later in his life became the founder of the political theory called communism. He has been characterized by writing great books; his most important ones being Capital: A Critique of Political Economy...