Abstract

HASTIE FALKINER, Nathanael James. THE VALIDITY OF MARXISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY, IN LIGHT OF THE BARBARITY OF THE SYSTEMIC CRISIS. Temas Sociales [online]. 2016, n.39, pp.39-60. ISSN 0040-2915.

This article studies the general principles of Marxism, as a doctrine of liberation of exploited classes through class struggle. It critically analyses the causes of the Berlin Wall falling, the collapse of the socialist bloc and the restoring of capitalism in the countries of'real socialism'. It discusses the invalidity of the 'theory of the end of history and ideologies' that is put forward by postmodernism. It debates the fundaments of'socialism of the 21^st century' and 'communitarian socialism' showing their anti-marxist essence. It shows the manifestations of the systemic crisis of capitalist imperialism from the financial hypertrophy and the civilization crisis that we are living. It put forward that in the national and world current situation, Marxism is valid in the 21^st century, not only as an academic tool, but as a political project of liberation in contrast to the systemic crisis of imperialism that has humanity on the border of barbarity.

Keywords : Marxism; crisis; postmodernism; socialism; class struggle; imperialism.

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