The As A Science For Emancipation - 871 Words

This projected mà ©moire belongs in the field of political thinking, specifically in the domain of theoretical critic (Marxism, post-Marxism, cultural studies, feminism, etc.). The adopted approach relies on analytic critical synthesis, which consists at presenting, discussing and debating the many contributions attributed directly to critical synthesis in order to unravel certain theoretical and conceptual nodes. More than 150 years have elapsed since Marx and Engels laid the groundwork for the materialistic theory as a science for emancipation. The reception granted to this theory was very powerful: Marxist materialism was erected as a State scientific doctrine within the Soviet bloc; it was the theoretical basis for several popular uprisings and revolutionary movements; it was the subject of several political and academic debates; and it was the basis for hundreds of books, dissertations and essays. 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