What was marx and engels philosophy of communism?

Answer 1

Marx's ideas were that of pure equality. He wanted a world where everyone was equal. His theories, while impractical because of the nature of man, were truly "good". His ultimate goal was to eradicate poverty. The communists took his basic tenet of equality and perverted it into everyone is equal under the government.

Communism

Marxs philosophical basis of communism was called dialectical materialism. This briefly purported to claim that ideas were secreted by the brain and thus no inner soul or deity had anything to do with thoughts and the implementation of thoughts and ideas. Therefore the human being was the product of pure science and human beings were the final judgement to what was wrong and what was right. Marx said that religion was the opiate of the people. Nothing supersedes the human thought process.

The first answer to this question is a bit off. Under Communism there was no governments. To get to this utopia first required a revolution among the working classes which would govern as the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

Clearly this had to mean that every nation would participate. A dissenting nation, with an army would screw the entire plan up. Sorry about the last phrase there. Its a bit non philosophical.

To continue dialectical materialism is a discarded philosophy sitting in the dustbin of ideas.

Answer 2

If you mean "religious beliefs" - he was an atheist. Karl Marx invented Communism. However, he did not invent Leninism or Stalinism or any other "Communist" ideology that has been put to practice. Real Marxism has never been put to practice. The Bolshevik Revolution led by Lenin happened in 1917. Marx even specifically pointed out that Russia was unable to create a real revolution. Lenin took a shortcut in the process of a Communist state. According to Marx, it would happen on its own and it was an inevitable idea. According to Marx, Germany was perfect for a Communist revolution because it was industrialized. He thought that when the country was industrialized, the workers (or the proletariat) would themselves realize that they were being used and thus start a revolution towards the Bourgeousie (or the upper class). This meant a revolution from below. What happened in practice was that Lenin created a revolution from the top in a backwards, agrarian, country that wasn't ready for a Communist revolution.

Answer 3

Marx was a materialist, that is that he explained all phenomena by reference to other things happening or present in the material world. He was the first materialist philosopher who was consistently and thoroughly materialist and he combined his own version of materialism with his idea of the dialectic. Dialectical philosophy says that when looking at something it should be looked at in its entirety first and also that everything has contradictory or conflicting forces within it and this produces change. His philosophy is a combination of what he took from British political economy, French utopian socialism, German philosophy and his own original ideas.

Answer 4

He believed that the state institution and the capitalistic structure were tools of the bourgeois to support their own interests at the expense of the proletariat, or working class. He believed that the proletariat, which has massively superior numbers, should rise up to over throw the system and create a classless society.

Answer 5

Marx and Engels developed the philosophy of communism based on the idea of abolishing private ownership of the means of production to create a classless society where wealth and resources are distributed equally among all members. They believed that capitalism would inevitably lead to class struggle and exploitation, and that a revolution by the working class would establish a communist system where the state would wither away.

Answer 6

Not sure if ‘philosophy’ is a useful term here. Marx and Engels saw Communsim (a classless stateless society) as the solution to workers’ problems.

Answer 7

Marx and Engels' philosophy of communism advocates reformism and fails to recognise the preeminent role of the working class.

Answer 8

He wrote the famous book The Communist Manifesto so he was a key spokesman for the philosophy of communism.

Answer 9

1. free love
2. Atheism
3. capitalism oppresses workers
4. history is deterministic
5. etc.