ABSTRACT
Marxism embodies a mode of coping with the human predicament and a vision of a new civilisation embraced in a variety of forms by approximately half of the world’s population in the Soviet Union, China, Eastern Europe, Africa, South America and Western Europe. On these grounds, Marxism begins at least to rank high in the order of priorities. As a result of the Second World War, the Communists won exclusive power in a wide area of Europe and Asia. Wherever the Soviet armies ousted the German and Japanese occupants or were allowed to enter according to the agreement with the Western Allies, a Communist system, moulded on the Soviet example, was introduced. Several writers have argued that Marxism contains within it all the dimensions which characterise religion. The task of selecting aspects of Marxism to be considered is particularly important because it is closely tied to achieving the degree of objectivity which is required of the professional teacher.
