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Karl Marx & communism

Explore the concepts of Karl Marx's communism and its comparison with a dystopian novel, analyzing similarities, analogies, and differences. Discover how the novel's society is stuck in the first phase of communism and why it has remained unchanged for so long.

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Karl Marx & communism

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  1. Karl Marx & communism

  2. Karl Marx • May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883 • philosopher, political economist, sociologist, humanist, political theorist and revolutionary • Often called “father of communism“ • “Workers of all lands, unite!“

  3. communism • Socioeconomic structure (deals with economic activity and social life)‏ • Characteristics: egalitarian, classless, stateless society, based on common ownership • Idea: working class (proletarians) to replace the wealthy, ruling class (bourgeoisie)‏ • Different forms: e.g. Marxism (most influential), Leninism, Stalinism, Maoism

  4. Marxism • 2 phases of development • 1st phase: productive property becomes owned in common, some class-differences remaining • 2nd phase / „higher phase“: full realisation of communism's ideas, a state is no longe requiered

  5. Comparison: novel - Marxism

  6. Analogies: novel - Marxism • “Everybody belongs to everybody“ (novel) - „Everything belongs to everybody“ (marxism, common ownership)‏ • Novel: people are considered objects (artificial insemination -> people are „produced“)‏ • Communism: each gives according to his abilities and receives according to his needs – novel: abilities and needs are prefabricated

  7. Differences: novel - Marxism • Main difference: novel: no freedom, predestination, no individuality – Marxism: personal freedom • Novel: caste-system, no equality – Marxism: no differences among people • Communism: Society regulates production (indivdual consumption) – novel: industry regulates production (predefined consumption → capitalism

  8. Conclusion • Basic structures of communism / Marxism have been taken over (e.g. common ownership)‏ • Novel is „stuck“ in Marxism's 1st phase (e.g. remaining class differences)‏ • Has been developed for a long time → „enhanced“ 1st phase

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