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[[File:Karl Marx, 1875.jpg|thumb|Photo of [[Karl Marx]], one of the founders and namesake of Marxism.]]
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'''Marxism''' is a [[Science|scientific]] worldview and school of thought first developed by [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]]. Their theoretical framework was a critical synthesis of [[French]] [[utopian socialism]], [[British]] political economy and [[German]] classical philosophy. Since the 19th century, Marxism has developed as societal conditions progressed. The most advance form of Marxism in the present is [[Marxism–Leninism]]. The Marxist scientific worldview has developed through the study of social and historical development based on the historical materialist method.
'''Marxism''' is a [[Social science|scientific]] framework for understanding human society, sociology, history, economics, and many other subjects. It was founded in the 19th century by [[Karl Marx]] and [[Frederick Engels]] after synthesizing and developing existing ideas such as [[French]] [[utopian socialism]], [[British]] [[political economy]], and [[German]] [[Dialectics|dialectical]] philosophy. Marxism includes [[dialectical materialism]] in its understanding of the natural world, and [[historical materialism]] for its understanding of society and history.


Marx and Engels first developed scientific socialism through their struggle against the utopian socialists, and reached new grounds with the publication of Capital, vol. I. Marxism was elevated in the 20th century with the practice of the dictatorship of the proletariat, which was the Leninist contribution to Marxism.
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== Etymology ==
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Marxism is derived from the name of the German revolutionary [[Karl Marx]]. The term was popularized by [[Karl Kautsky]] who considered himself an [[Orthodox Marxism|"orthodox" Marxist]] during the dispute between the orthodox and [[revisionist]] followers of Marx. Kautsky's revisionist rival [[Eduard Bernstein]] also later adopted use of the term. [[Friedrich Engels|Engels]] did not support the use of the term "Marxism" to describe either Marx's or his views. Engels claimed that the term was being abusively used as a rhetorical qualifier by those attempting to cast themselves as "real" followers of Marx while casting others in different terms, such as "Lassallians". In 1882, Engels claimed that Marx had criticized self-proclaimed "Marxist" [[Paul Lafargue]], by saying that if Lafargue's views were considered "Marxist", then "one thing is certain and that is that I am not a Marxist".<ref>Letter to Bernstein, 1882.</ref>
 
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Photo of Karl Marx, one of the founders and namesake of Marxism.

Marxism is a scientific framework for understanding human society, sociology, history, economics, and many other subjects. It was founded in the 19th century by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels after synthesizing and developing existing ideas such as French utopian socialism, British political economy, and German dialectical philosophy. Marxism includes dialectical materialism in its understanding of the natural world, and historical materialism for its understanding of society and history.

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