Marx’s Socialism

Makoto Itoh
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Makoto Itoh: University of Tokyo

Chapter 3 in Political Economy for Socialism, 1995, pp 31-82 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Marx’s socialism is called ‘scientific’. Early socialists generally tended to condemn the oppression of working people in modern society on moral grounds, and to draw emphatic plans for an ideal future society. Marx criticised the utopian nature of these plans, and strove to consolidate the theoretical grounds for socialism. This he did, first, by developing an accurate summary of human history in the formula of historical materialism, and secondly, by systematically clarifying the economic laws of motion of modern capitalist society. Marxism was thus formed as a type of socialism grounded upon historical materialism and political economy. In this respect it can well be characterised as scientific socialism and contrasted with the preceding utopian socialism.

Keywords: Productive Force; Socialist Economy; Capitalist Economy; Historical Materialism; Surplus Labour (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-24018-0_3

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