Introduction

MARXISM is the most intellectually ambitious, systematic, and influential political philosophy in the contemporary world. It not only has affected much of modern culture but has also provided the conceptual framework for powerful political movements and the theoretical basis for the regimes of a substantial number of nations. Marxism comprises a methodological approach to the perception and understanding of phenomena, a scientific study of society, a philosophy of history, a history of economic behavior (especially that of the capitalist system), and a conception of political power.