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    The essence of the communist ideology and the methods of its implementation. Communism originates from the socialist theory of Marx and Engels; they first proposed an ideology that radically changes the existing political regime, as well as the social and economic structure of the state. However, some political scientists and philosophers are convinced that the famous "Republic" of Plato and "Utopia" by Thomas More are the very first models of communist society. Communist…

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    In 1848, Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels published ‘The Communist Manifesto’ that was aimed at presenting the arguments, goals, and platform of Communism. The publication was a commissioned work that was intended to articulate the objective and platform of the Communist League, an international political party founded in 1847 in London, England. The authors point out the benefits of communism and the need for its application in the future. Besides, the manifesto was a proposal reading…

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    Karl Marx Research Paper

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    Karl Marx was a German philosopher born on may the fifth of the year eighteen-eighteen. He was born to Heinrich Marx and Henrietta Pressburg at 664 Bruckergasse in Trier. Trier was a town that was a part of the kingdom of Prussia’s province of the lower Rhine. Karl’s father was the first in line to receive a secular education. He became a lawyer and later he lived a relatively wealthy and middle class life. Marx’s family owned a number of vineyards, which happened to be mosselle vineyards at…

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    The Communist Manifesto was published by Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels in 1848, a year of violent revolts throughout Europe. He writes during a time of nationalist uprising. Karl Marx states the main driver of history is class struggle. These struggles start from early ages, “From the serfs of the Middle Ages sprang the chartered burghers of the earliest towns. From these burgesses the first elements of the bourgeoisie were developed” (Manifesto part 1). Human history is history because of…

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    The Communist Manifesto is the first document with systematic and complete presentation of all components of the great teachings of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. It formulates the basic provisions of the materialist understanding of history, the objective laws of development of society, regularities of transition from one mode of production to another. It also describes the history of all existing class societies as the history of class struggles. Both the role and evolution of the…

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    Karl Marx Accomplishments

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    Karl Marx is often quoted as one of the founding fathers of sociology, along with others such as: Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, and Emile Durkheim. He may not have been the one to first use the actual term sociology, but he was a very important figure and highly influential when it came to the founding of sociology. He is known for being the author of the books The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital, as well for as being the founder of Marxism. In addition to these accomplishments, Karl Marx…

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    Why is responsibility such a significant theme in An Inspector Calls? In An Inspector Calls, the central theme is responsibility. Priestley uses the Inspector as a representative to voice his opinions on the main theme and the idea of socialism. Throughout the play, he presents each character with a role of responsibility and tries to make them aware, through the Inspector, that they are all guilty of Eva's death. The Inspector wants The Birlings to share their responsibility; Priestley's focus…

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    John Steinbeck was a communist during the Great Depression. Communism is the idea that the working class shall rise up, in order to establish a society of all people equal in wealth and power. Steinbeck wrote the book Of Mice and Men. Of Mice and Men takes place in the Salinas River Valley, California. The story follows the journey of two ranch hands during the great depression. Ranch hands are people who move ranch to ranch working during the season to help ranches. In his novel, Of Mice and…

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    Vinnie Demore Professor Marzi History 1050-02 23 September 2016 The Working Man During the 1800’s The industrial Revolution was a big change in history. It began in England in 1760’s to about 1840. During this time England’s population was growing and the textile industry couldn’t keep up by hand. All clothing and household materials like towels and blankets were made out of cotton. Since the population was growing so much and the demand for cotton was high, the industry knew that by hand they…

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    Marxist Criticism Analysis in Doll’s House Play Karl Marx produced an exceeding complex theory consisting of at least three inter-related elements: a theory of economics, a theory of social class, and a theory of history. The working class that Marx called proletariat is paid too little to buy all the products the workers have made. The basic idea of Marxism is the Human thought is the product of the socio-economic condition (Letterbie 1259). Although this idea shows how the upper class is…

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