Vulgar Marxism
Vulgar Marxism are called simplistic representations of Marxism as well as the shortening interpretations of the writings of Karl Marx .
Simplifying representations of Marx's writings were primarily used to convey basic results from Karl Marx's research on economics, sociology and philosophy to the non-academic audience in the factories, the workers. Another source of vulgarization that ran counter to vulgar Marxism was reformism and bourgeois criticism of Marxism. The vulgarization of Karl Marx's research was also due to the lack of opportunities for a long time to publish and study his work.
The often derogatory connotation of the term results from the term vulgar economy used by Marx and Engels .
See also
Web links
- "Psychology of Socialism" - Hendrik de Man's critique of vulgar Marxist theory and practice