Marxism and democracy

The collapse of the Soviet Union sounded the death knell for Marxism as a blueprint for social change. Why has this doctrine failed in its grand ambition to liberate the human race from poverty and oppression? This analysis of what Marx and his disciples had to say about democracy sheds light on the reasons for this failure

The collapse of the Soviet Union sounded the death knell for Marxism as a blueprint for social change. Why has this doctrine failed in its grand ambition to liberate the human race from poverty and oppression? This analysis of what Marx and his disciples had to say about democracy sheds light on the reasons for this failure.

The collapse of the Soviet Union sounded the death knell for Marxism as a blueprint for social change. Why has this doctrine failed in its grand ambition to liberate the human race from poverty and oppression? This analysis of what Marx and his disciples had to say about democracy sheds light on the reasons for this failure

The collapse of the Soviet Union would seem to sound the death knell for Marxism as a blueprint for social change. Why has this doctrine - the repository of so many hopes and dreams - failed in its grand ambition to liberate the human race from poverty and oppression? Through a critical and systematic analysis of what Marx and his disciples had to say about democracy, Joseph Femia sheds light on the reasons for this failure.