Marxism

Marxism is a political philosophy and method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a dialectical materialist interpretation of historical development, known as historical materialism, to understand class relations and social conflict. Originating in the works of 19th-century German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the Marxist approach views class struggle as the central driving force of historical change. Marxist analysis views a society's economic mode of production as the foundation of its social, political, and intellectual life, a concept known as the base and superstructure model.

Extends: Marxism, Communism, [Eponymous economic ideologies](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Eponymous economic ideologies), [Eponymous political ideologies](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Eponymous political ideologies), [Left-wing ideologies](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Left-wing ideologies)