MARX’S COMMUNISM:

NATURE, CONTRADICTIONS AND CURRENT RELEVANCE

Authors

  • David McLellan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7443/problemata.v10i4.49706

Keywords:

Marxism, Communism, Nature, Productive development, Human emancipation

Abstract

The analysis of Marx’s works, from the Economic-Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844 to letters written in the early 1880s, shows changes and continuities in the theoretical and political formation of this thinker. This dynamic, in its turn, appears also in the presentation that Marx about the communism. This article presents some key elements of Marx's communism view, examines its nuances and its internal theoretical coherence and refers to aspects of the current relevance of this Marxian conception of social organization. [Translator’s abstract].

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Published

2019-12-16