It was said that a nuclear showdown with the former communist Soviet Union was inevitable. ... Another crisis is currently present, the nuclear showdown with another communist nation, North Korea. ... Marxism helps create and define a branch of philosophy called dialectical materialism. ... Literature does not reflect either the economic base or other ideology, but it works on existing ideologies and transforms them, giving these ideologies new shape and structure (Martin 77). ... Moreover, man wants more and more power, and thats why Marxists, or Communists regimes always become authorita...

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Weber Karl Marx and Max Weber, both social scientists, devoted much of their work to the defining of capitalism through understanding its creation, causes, workings, and destiny. ... He believed that each phase of history was defined by and ultimately driven by the dominate mode of production of the time. ... This revolution is caused by the dramatic consolidation of wealth by the bourgeoisie, which causes the exploitation of the working class. " A forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions" will take place and a new Communist state will be instated (Marx, 500). The main principle ...

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At the beginning of this course I stated that defining politics as just a body of government is such a difficult task to do, because it is so much more than that. ... According to Merriam-Webster (2015), politics is defined as, activities that relate to influencing the actions and policies of a government or getting and keeping power in a government. ... Now we are at the end of this class, I have learned about the history of political science, methods, political regimes, public polices, concepts, ideologies, political institutions and public policies. ... In addition, I learned to appreciate...

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The major works that will be discussed herein are: Capital, Volumes I, II and III, and The Communist Manifesto. ... Throughout his vast bibliography, the most major works of Marx include: Capital, Volumes I, II and III, and the most influential, The Communist Manifesto. ... Unlike the previous three works described, the focus of The Communist Manifesto is much more on the political and social issues that arise due to capitalism running amok. Communism itself is defined as "a way of organizing a society in which the government owns the things that are used to make and transport products ...

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A Russian textbook can tell that the United States was the evil behind the Cold War, while a textbook found in the United States would be full of anti communist sentiment. ... One of the ultimate goals wisdom is defined as knowledge about knowledge. ... It seems a lack of clarity in trying to follow its ideology. ...

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As quoted in Marx's Manifesto of the Communist Party, "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. ... For example, Marx defined two classes in a capitalist system, the capitalists and the proletariats. As discussed in the quote from the Manifesto of the Communist Party, classes existed in opposition to each other throughout history. ... This early, primitive communist tribe is described as migratory, consuming the natural resources of each area before moving onto another. ... According to Marx, this defines a new epoch, called the "ancient world." ...

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According to Stephens et al. (1998, p. 205), "The argument that education in capitalist society is a tool of ruling-class ideology underpins Marxist theory." ... Any notion that intelligence alone determines the success of an individual would be challenged by marxism by claiming that it is purely an ideological belief. ... Further, as noted by Stephens et al., a number of feminists champion the idea that men should be "...kept out of women's affairs" and are "...suspicious of so-called science, which they regard as male-defined and male-benefiting knowledge" (1998, p. 156). ...

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Definitions The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English defines change as to become or to make something become different. The same dictionary goes on to further define change as a process or a result of something or someone becoming different. ... Light, D. et al (1982:550) defined social change as variations overtime, in the behaviour patterns, culture, and structure of society. Lenski, G. et al (1987:61) defines social and cultural change in two aspects one involving the addition of new elements to the existing system while the other form will involve elimination of older elements where ...

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The reality of contemporary liberalism, as it is inspired by socialism, clearly fuses with the definition of this philosophical genius, if indeed it could be summarized as a general ideology. Early Enlightment philosophy provided the guiding light to the liberalistic evolution of freedom from restriction, to freedom in the sense of opportunity as a socialistic ideology. ... The highest ideology of nineteenth century liberalism was that economically, maximum freedom would only come as the result of the limited power of government. ...

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It appears that the Diet's lower house was little other than a constitutional nicety, its wings easily clipped by the conservative elements in Japanese politics – the structural makeup as defined by the Meiji constitution made it so. ... What can be seen as a driving force in the progression of political thought in 1920's Japan were the currents of liberal, individualist, rights-based ideology that had sprung from recourse to both Western philosophy and more traditional Japanese ideas of disobedience and resistance to authority. ...

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Marx imagined primeval communist societies in which all resources were owned jointly by the members of the community, a social organisation to which he longed for a putative return. ... Marx calls all these "superstructure," which he defines as those "whose main role it is to contain or provide a controlled release for the deep, bitter tensions that arise from the clash between the powerful and the powerless" (136)*. Marx saw religion as part of the mitigating complex called "ideology," embodying "the natural inclination of those who benefit from injustice to show why the circumstance that cre...

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In this context, the role played by the state, both its coercive and ideological apparatus, is thus to be considered as well. ... In this respect, the Bangladesh state intervenes on two levels, one in the sphere of the reproduction of labour, and seconds on the level of social or ideological reproduction, which help to keep intact existing discriminating practices among gender relations. ... Instead of entering into the debate of wether this area should receive top priority or not, we shall simply maintain, that the population problem has been defined and formulated not wholly indigenously...

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