SOCALISM 7

• The core of

  socialism is the

  vision of human

  beings as social

  creatures linked by

  common humanity?


  Community
• As human beings

  share a common

  humanity, they are

  bound by sense of

  comradeship or

  fraternity?


  Fraternity
• Socialist believe

  that a measure of

  social equality is

  the essential

  guarantee of social

  stability &

  cohesion?

  Social equality
• Material benefits

  should be

  distributed on the

  basis of need,

  rather than simply

  on the basis of

  merit or work?

  Need
• Socialism has

  often been

  associated with a

  form of class

  politics?

  Social Class
• For traditional

  marxist, private

  property promote

  greediness &

  selfishness. Having

  common ownesrhip

  will generate equality?

  Common ownership
• Materialist conception of history?

  COMMUNISM/CLASSICAL MARXISM
• He believe that history is defined

  by class struggle (oppressor vs

  oppressed)?


  Karl Marx
• He believed that perfect equality is

  only possible through the abolition

  of class distinction?


  Karl Marx
• MARXISM-LENINISM/ORTHODOX COMMUNISM was founded by?

  Vladimir Lenin
• Lenin's contribution was his theory

  of the revolutionary party

  (Bolsheviks)?

  Marxism-Leninism/Orthodox Communism
• He believed that the working class

  was deluded by the capi talist ideas

  & belief in recognizing their

  mission of overthrowing the ruling

  class?


  Vladimir Lenin
• A revolutionary party is therefore

  needed to serve as the vanguard of

  the working class?

  Marxism-Leninism/Orthodox Communism
• In Philippine context, this is the

  ideology held by the NPA & the

  Communist Party of the Philippines?

  Marxism-Leninism
• Spearheaded by Antonio Gramsci

  and Critical theorists?

  Neo-Marxism
• They refused to treat the class

  struggle as the beginning and end

  of the analysis?

  Neo-Marxism
• Capitalism maintained their

  dominance not only through

  economic domination, but also by

  political and cultural factors?

  Neo-Marxism
• Unlike classical & orthodox marxism, social democracy

  accepted capitalism as the only

  reliable mechanism for generating

  wealth, but they believed that this

  wealth should not be distributed by

  means of market principles, but of

  moral principles?

  Eduard Bernstein: Social-Democracy
• The main objective of social

  democracy is a concern for the

  weak & vulnerable in the society?

  John Rawls: Social-Democracy
• Achieve the equality of opportunity?

  Social-democracy
• The only way to help the

  underprivilege of the society is by

  humanizing capitalism through

  government intervention by means

  of employment, welfare benefits, &

  other services that can be provided

  by the government for the poor?

  John Rawls: Welfarism