Marxist theory
Dialectical materialist framework
Marxist theory is the body of ideas developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels analyzing capitalism, class struggle, and historical change.
It holds that economic relations determine social structures, and that conflict between the working class and capitalist class drives history toward revolutionary transformation.
Her dissertation applied Marxist theory to Victorian literature.
The term covers both Marx's original writings and subsequent interpretations across economics, philosophy, and political thought.
- commodity fetishismObjects veil production relations
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- false consciousnessInternalized ideology against self-interest
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- class enemyAntagonist by social position
socialism · reification · bourgeoisie · ruling class · means of production · surplus value · late capitalism · class consciousness · alienation · wage slavery · exploitation · communism · dictatorship of the proletariat · Lenin · Engels · planned economy · cultural hegemony · materialism
- Socialist LiteratureCommunist Manifesto, Das Kapital, Engels, proletariat, bourgeoisie
- MarxismEngels, Friedrich Engels, proletariat, bourgeoisie, class struggle
- Communist RevolutionOctober Revolution, Russian Revolution, proletariat, Bolsheviks, Lenin
- Marxist CriticismEngels, Lenin, class struggle, class consciousness, Gramsci
- Revolutionrevolt, uprising, insurrection, overthrow, revolutionaries
- inequalitywealth gap, income gap, disparity, wage gap, income disparity
Marxist theorylaissez-faire economics
Minimal state economic involvement
neoliberalism · Austrian economics · classical liberalism · supply-side economics · monetarism
Marxist theorymeritocracy
Advancement through demonstrated ability
functionalism · social Darwinism · individualism · pluralism