PPT-Marxism

Marxism aims to respond to the problems inherent to capitalism It criticizes realism and liberalism responsible for capitalism Economic organizations determine political and economic system . AP Comparative Government and Politics. Sachem North High School. COMMUNIST AND POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES. INTRODUCTION. Advanced democracies value FREEDOM. Communist countries value EQUALITY. 20. th. ...and the Media. Revision. Dominant Ideology and the media. An ideology is a belief system that is constructed and then embedded in the public consciousness by the media.. Media texts represent the world usually in order to support a . Andrew Heywood: Chapter 3. Introduction. What is political ideology?. A definition . of '. ideology’ must be . neutral: it must reject the notion that ideologies are 'good' or 'bad', . true or . false, or liberating or oppressive. . __. The Frankfurt School. - The . Neo. Kids on the Block -. Learning Outcomes. All. . will be able to recap the key points relating to Marxism.. Most. . will understand how this developed into Neo Marxism. Marxism. is an . economic. and sociopolitical . worldview. and method of socioeconomic analysis based on a . materialist interpretation of historical development. , a . dialectical. view of social change, and an analysis of class-relations within society and their application in the analysis and critique of the development of . Karl Marx. . The philosopher. , social scientist, historian and revolutionary, Karl Marx, is without a doubt the most influential socialist thinker to emerge in the 19th century. Although he was very much ignored by scholars in his own lifetime, his social, economic and political ideas gained rapid acceptance in the socialist movement after his death in 1883. Until quite recently almost half the population of the world lived under regimes that claim to be Marxist. This very success, however, has meant that the original ideas of Marx have often been modified and his meanings adapted to a great variety of political circumstances. In addition, the fact that Marx delayed publication of many of his writings meant that is been only recently that scholars had the opportunity to appreciate Marx's intellectual stature.. By MAJ Reed Burggrabe. 31 JUL 15. Agenda. BLUF. Biography. Context. Content. Impact on current doctrine. Why Study Marxists?. ~30% of the world’s population is influenced by Marxism. “Mass . uprising, revolutionary war, guerilla . The “New” Isms. Auguste Comte. Karl Marx . Friedrich Engels. Why the toughness of mind?. The drive for constitutional governments??. The cry for national sovereignty??. Male suffrage and Democracy??. Who is Marx?. MARXISM. Meaning. Encompasses many political theories advocated by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. Human actions and institutions are economically determined, class struggle is needed to create historical change and . Introduction. What comes to your mind when you hear the words “Marxism” or “communism”? . Does violence come to your mind? . What names are normally associated with Marxism? . Defining of Terms. Rule of Law. Popular Sovereignty. Respect for Individualism. Equality of Opportunity. Personal Liberty. Rule of Law. The . government and its officials and agents are accountable under the law. . The laws are clear, publicized, stable and fair, and protect fundamental rights, including the security of persons and property. . Marx & Engels: . particularly drawing from . Theses on Feuerbach, Anti-. Duhring. , Dialectics of . Nature. , far from comprehensive. Limitations of Marx. Expansions and contradictions of historical materialism: VI Lenin, Alexandra Kollontai, Antonio Gramsci. Existentialism. Freudianism. Marxism. Expressionism. Surrealism. Freudianism . Description of the mind that emphasizes the major role played by unconscious drives. Reason+Will+passion (Ego+superego+unconscious). Freud believed the “superego” influenced human nature. (Ego-decision making component, seeks pleasure. Superego- learned morals and values).. social, political, and economic . thought derived from the writings of Karl MARX and his collaborator, Friedrich ENGELS.. At the centre of Marx's work is his analysis of . CAPITALISM. .. How capitalism arose, how it works (for whom it works better and for whom worse), and where it is likely to lead. .