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]
http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/works/onmarx/althusse.htm

http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/works/formarx/althuss1.htm

http://www.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]
http://www.marxists.org/archive/ilyenkov/works/abstract/index.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/ilyenkov/works/essays/index.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/ilyenkov/works/ideal/ideal.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/ilyenkov/works/positive/index.htm

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

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

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

http://www.marxists.org/archive/kautsky/works/1900s/unions.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/kautsky/works/1900s/int-work.htm

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

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

http://www.marxists.org/archive/kautsky/works/1900s/socrev1.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/kautsky/works/1910s/finance.htm

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

http://www.marxists.org/archive/kautsky/works/1930s/hitler.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/kautsky/works/1930s/bolsh.htm

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

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

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

http://www.marxists.org/archive/labriola/index.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/labriola/works/al03.htm

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

http://www.marxists.org/archive/lukacs/works/history/orthodox.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/lukacs/works/history/lukacs3.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/lukacs/works/history/hcc05.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/lukacs/works/youngheg/lukacs25.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/lukacs/works/youngheg/lukacs35.htm

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

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

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

Luxemburg, Rosa [1871-1919]
http://www.marxists.org/archive/luxembur/index.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/luxembur/works/1900/ref-rev/index.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/luxembur/works/1904/org-rsd/index.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/luxembur/works/1906/mass-str/index.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/luxembur/works/1915/04.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/luxembur/works/1918/rus-rev/index.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/luxembur/works/1918/12_20.htm

Novack, George
http://www.marxists.org/archive/novack/works/empiric/index.htm

Mehring, Franz [1846-1919]
http://www.marxists.org/archive/mehring/works/marx/index.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/mehring/index.htm

Meszaros, Istvan [1930-]
http://www.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]
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/index.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/bio/index.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/tia23.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/tia23b.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/tia23c.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1930-lif/1930-lif.pdf

http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1931-tpv/index.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/pdf/prrp.pdf

http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1930-hrr/index.htm

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

http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1939-abc.htm

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

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

http://www.socialequality.com/
The World Socialist Web Site

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

The core of Marxist ideas