- Are you confused by academic jargon? - Do you know your `discourse' from your `dialectic'? - Can you tell the difference between `anomie' and `alienation'? The Social Science Jargon Buster tackles the most confusing concepts in the social sciences, brea

Marxism

Core definition

Political, economic and sociological philosophy associated with Karl Marx and his collaborator Frederich Engels.

Longer explanation

Marx and Engels weren't just political, economic or social theorists. They were social activists and political revolutionaries determined to fight the threat of capitalism – a system they saw as ...

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