However, as in all successful revolutions, the leaders begin with idealist principles that are forced to change to more practical doctrines because of realism. ... This was because realism had been adopted, as the idealist principles were not practical for several of Russia's problems. ... Idealism, wishing for a unified and industrialized Russia, was no longer regarded and instead realism took over, as Stalin no longer followed Marxist policies. In the movie Reds, John "Jack- Reed is another example of idealism being thrown away by realism. ... This "realism- is the price idealism pays...

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While one of the nineteenth century's most renowned manuscripts, Communist Manifest, is classified as a work of Realism, the ideals it entails could not stray further from reality. In this excerpt, Marx and Engels attempt to explain the evils of the "Bourgeoisie's- power, and how the centralization ...

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For me to assess what causes wars, I will look at two theories of international relations, which will be Realism and Marxism. Realist Perspective From a theoretical approach, realism is considered one of the most prevailing theories in international relations. When looking at realism it can be sub-divided into three broad types: classical, modern, and neo-realism though they all share a number of core values. ... Marxist Perspective By looking at Marxism, it allows us to analyse what causes wars different to that of realism, though somewhat a similar analysis is used for realism. ... Conclusi...

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Realism, Liberalism, and Marxism are the three main theoretical positions that have shaped and dominated our understanding of the international world. ... It doesn't view the state as the main actor in international relations like Realism does, but it does not completely disregard it in the likes of other Marxist theory. ... Critical Theory states that realism is dominant only because it is portrayed that way by the elite's who wish to maintain the status quo. Critical theory attempts to challenge the prevailing order by encouraging emancipatory change; whereas Liberalism and Realis...

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Where realism and liberalism took the state system for granted, Marxism offered both a different explanation for international conflict and a blueprint for fundamentally transforming the existing international order. ...

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Lenin first defined the economic organisation of 1918-20 as "war" communism. This was in his pamphlet "The Tax in Kind" (1921). In this pamphlet he described it as follows: " a peculiar war communism was forced on us by extreme want, ruin and war it was not, and could not be, a policy that corresponded to the economic tasks of the proletariat." (Malle 1985) In early 1918 Lenin was faced with two main problems. Firstly feeding the workers in the face of severe grain shortages and secondly keeping the workers in the cities to manufacture arms and essential supplies. ...

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Marxist philosophy has been one of the most controversial subject of the last century. It has profoundly influenced the entire world, and the development of the current political relations. In this paper I am going to cover Marx's historical realism, how it was developed and its relevance. ...

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The old art groups existing before the Revolution have lost their meaning The day of revolution, the moment of revolution, is the day of heroism, the moment of heroism-and now we must reveal our artistic experiences in the monumental forms of the style of heroic realism (Bowlt 266-267). ...

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Defining politics today has different meaning from 20th century. Littrë in his 1987 dictionary defined politics as the science of government of states'. Robert in 1962 defined it as the art and practice of government of human societies'. Today government of state related to that of other human so...

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