2. The Roots of Communism.
• Started in 1800’s
• Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels –
wrote the “Communist Manifesto”
in 1848 .
• Rich owners - “Bourgeoisie”
• Regular workers – “ Proletariat”
3. • Communism tried in Soviet Union
in 1917
• Led by Lenin
• They want to have a society
without classes.
• Ended up in powerful Government ;
• Restriction of individual freedoms
4. What is Communism?
is a socio-economic and
political ideology that envisions
a classless, stateless society
where the means of production
are collectively owned and
controlled.
6. • Historical Materialism
• Class Struggle
• Labor theory of value
• Surplus Value and exploitation
• Communism Dream
• Dialectal Materialism
• Dictatorship of the Proletariat
7. 1.Historical Materialism
• Primarily developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It serves
as a framework for understanding how social and economic
structures evolve over time.
2.Class Struggle
• It refers to the ongoing conflict between different social classes
with opposing economic interests within a given society
3.Labor Theory of Value
• It posits that the value of a commodity is determined by the amount of
socially necessary labor time required to produce it.
8. 4.Surplus Value and Exploitation
• Emphasizing the role of labor in the creation of value and the
inherent tensions within the capitalist system
5.Communism Dream
• Envisioned a classless and stateless society where the means of
production are collectively owned and where social and economic
equality prevail.
6.Dialectal Materialism
• Providing a way to analyze and comprehend the dynamic and
evolving nature of both the natural world and human society.
7.DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT
• Dictatorship of the proletariat refers to a transitional stage in the
development of a socialist society
