... something to benefit the people amid increasing social chaos, socialism looked attractive and many Marxist ideas gained popularity and support. This struggle was echoed throughout much of the world. The French Revolution was perceived as a great success for democracy. Its three key aims of liberty, equality and fraternity became desirable objectives. In the late 1960's, the concept of moral decline ... morality crusades of Thatcherites found popularist support. This was perhaps the most practical, common sense, ideological force amongst the popular classes. This new hegemonic voice neede...

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... his country- and in doing so, his tactics were evidently dynamic and versatile; skillfully omitting rigid principles. Minh ardently argued the importance of communism to win the battle against the French imperialists, "In order to carry out this task, the Party must uncompromisingly fight sectarianism and organize the systematic study of Marxism-Leninism in order to raise the cultural and political ... levels of the Party members It must maintain close contact with the French Communist Party." (www.h-net.msu.edu~/diplo/Ho.htm). William Duiker, Minh's biographer, a man who served in Saig...

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... Industrial revolution both has very different realities and responses. Great Britain was the homeland of the industrial revolution, which began in the middle of the eighteenth century. Yet the French were the unquestioned leaders in the development of socialism and working class consciousness. After 1750, Britain predominated first in the Cotton Industry and later in the Iron & Steel ... industries. By 1850, manufacturing was the dominant form of economic activity, agriculture declined and service increased, contrary to France's movement, which had been a lot more gradual. The French lac...

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... and acted as the country's leader. As the president of Vietnam, he enacted various policy initiatives in order to help the country in regards to taxes and starvation. The French refused to recognize Vietnam's independence, and Ho Chi Minh continued to fight for the independence of his country, although he was never entirely successful. Vietnamese nationalism and Vietnamese communism ... rather than an entire country's liberation. The Western perspectives towards the Vietnamese nationalism and communism differed greatly from the Vietnamese themselves. Westerners had little concern or in...

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... that were less than utopian. These ideals, while some may have had excellent points resulted in inadequate consequences. In this paper, I would like to explore the democratic outlook of the French and the communistic views of the Russians. In conclusion, I will also combine the positive and negative attributes of both to ascertain a true ideal state. In reading The Marriage of Figaro ... not know how to structure such an elaborate government and eventually relinquished all of their power to Napoleon. Once this occurred, Napoleon took advantage and declared himself emperor, sending the F...

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... emergence of what he called a new communal psychology' . Woolf's theory on the rise of socialism as a relatively new way of thinking is evident in the speeches made by Jean Jaures, a French patriot, and the Stuttgart declaration of the Socialist [second] International. Jaures and the International show Woolf's idea of The Dead Mind', which is one of the reasons why they were ... type of war . Jaures persuaded many people against capitalism, an idea which he may have got from Marx years earlier, just as liberals may have got their lead from the French Revolution . However not only libera...

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... in Prussia. However, the Prussian government suspended it because of "pressures from the government of Russia." So, Marx went to Paris to study "French Communism." In June of 1843, he was married to Jenny Von Westphalen, an attractive girl, four years older than Marx, who came from a ... of the Von Westphalen family were opposed to the marriage, Jenny's father favored Marx. In Paris, Marx became acquainted with the Communistic views of French workmen. Although he thought that the ideas of the workmen were "utterly crude and unintelligent," he admired their camaraderie. He later wrote an ...

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... in Prussia. However, the Prussian government suspended it because of "pressures from the government of Russia." So, Marx went to Paris to study "French Communism." In June of 1843, he was married to Jenny Von Westphalen, an attractive girl, four years older than Marx, who came from a ... of the Von Westphalen family were opposed to the marriage, Jenny's father favored Marx. In Paris, Marx became acquainted with the Communistic views of French workmen. Although he thought that the ideas of the workmen were "utterly crude and unintelligent," he admired their camaraderie. He later wrote an ...

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... Charles I, political and revolutionary action against autocratic European governments resulted in the establishment of democratic governments. Such action was inspired and guided largely by political philosophers, notably the French philosophers Montesquieu and Jean Jacques Rousseau, and the American statesmen Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Before the end of the 19th century, every important Western European monarchy had ... these countries, a representative legislature modeled on the British Parliament was instituted. British politics was then possibly the greatest single influenc...

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... their cause to unify the people. Nationalism, a powerful ideology, united people who were not under the same "government" but had a common language, history and beliefs. The famous principals of the French Revolution were coined by the nationalistic phrase of "liberty, equality, and fraternity" that was intended to diminish the divisions of wealth and class. This status gave the working class access ... nineteenth century European governments. Other notable socialists of the time, shocked by the ugliness and social unjust brought on by the industrialization, were names such as Saint-Sim...

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... following the power vacuum left by Japanese occupation after their defeat of World War II, ICP formed a Vietnamese Independence League- the Vietminh. The Vietminh was an umbrella grouping of anti-French and anti-Japanese nationalists, but with the handle of an umbrella-hence control-held firmly in hidden communist hands. To Ho Chi Minh and the ICP, the success of the ... . Another reason was that there was also a possibility that landlords would react to policies. In fact, throughout 1946-47, the party opposed any policies likely to drive landlords into the French camp, making it clear t...

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... begin with each Marx's approach to social inequality, which he believed economic factors to be the sole cause of this social phenomenon. Marx was born in the aftermath of the French revolution where the governing elite was overthrown by the bourgeoisie allowing capitalism to develop. This in turn gave rise to a new class where Marx put all his hope in. However ... in society owned the land, inequality was born (Owen: 20). Marx's ideas were based on the presupposition of what is generally going to happen by interpreting the French revolution and its consequences. For Marx the French revo...

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... 19th century, however it wasn't long until the controversial ideas spread rapidly across the nation. After the main powers of Europe entered into the Holy Alliance (Pope, Tsar, Metternich, Guizot, French Radicals, and German Police Spies), there was an opportunity for change within the government. Marx suggests two consequences from the specter: "Communism is already acknowledged by all European powers ... not to abolish all property relations but just that of the bourgeois. Marx then continues and addresses how the abolition of property rights is not only exclusive inside communism. Th...

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... to put into theirs. By not really having a say in the political scene the Chinese are limited to who they can vote for and consequentially who runs the nation. The French have established a more militaristic government because they have always had to defend their borders. France and China have had similar pasts so this would be a good reason for them to ... adopt the French from of government. France's Executive branch is made up of a President and a Prime Minister. The president is given full authority over all branches of government to insure that Government runs ... ...

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... child valued more. The birthrate fell - in order to maximize economic position. But Children were controlled by parents and repressed. Women's Sexuality Seen as either Mother or Whore: although some French marriage manuals allowed that a women had a right to an orgasm. Always the case but particularly evident to men in big cities who had his wife and many prostitutes available. Women ... a woman could even take over her husband's business if he died. Before the Industrial Revolution people lived in feudalism. The reason feudalism came to a stop was partly due to the French Revolution, w...

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... the execution of King Charles I. This birthed rebellion all over the European and a movement for democratic government. Several political philosophers inspired these movements. Some of the notable figures were the French philosophers Montesquieu and Jean Jacques Rousseau. On the American end were Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. In the spirit of true democracy, every monarchy in Europe had adopted some sort ... choose. Freedoms similar to this have been proclaimed in many documents, for example, the U.S. Declaration of Independence, which asserted the right to life, liberty, and the ...

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... it's annexation by France in the Napoleonic Wars had been exposed to notions such as freedom of the press, constitutional liberty and religious toleration. Karl's parents were steeped in free French ideas of politics , religion, life and art. When the city was reincorporated into imperial Prussia by the congress of Vienna in 1815, Prussian edict banned Jews from public office and ... was soon forced to discontinue publication. Marx then went to Paris, where he and Friedrich Engels collaborated to produce the Communist Manifesto. The revolutions of 1789 and 1830 made the French capital a...

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... her only son would be educated enough to escape the drudgery of a lower class life. Like many other great rulers like the Austrian born German Hitler and the Corsican born French leader Napoleon, Stalin was an outsider in the empire he came to rule. Georgians possessed their own culture and language which was very different from the official Russian language of ... by Stalin during the 1930's, was now practiced throughout the country. World War 2 By the late 1930's, Adolf Hitler was ready to conquer Europe. Soviet leaders bargained unsuccessfully with the French and the British for a de...

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... aristocracy for the position of ruling class. This class of capitalists had grown up out of the small masters or "burgesses" of the cities and is also known by the French word "bourgeoisie". But the industrial revolution which pushed the manufacturers to the front also brought an increase in the number of factory workers. It gave birth, to the modern working ... workers" political party, the Chartists. On the Continent it played an ever more prominent role in the decade from 1831, when the first working class rising took place in the French city of Lyons. This was the decade when in all...

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... the primary purpose of schools is to develop a willing and inferior labour force, which will go on to help generate profits for the bourgeoisie without questioning their control in society. French Marxist philosopher, Louis Althusser (1971), believed that education socializes the minority's children into complying with their subordinate position in society to the middle class. He also spoke on the media ... ...

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... of the power of the latter and the powerlessness of the former. In the same vein, in his essay "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses," (Notes Towards an Investigation, 1972) the French philosopher Louis Althusser uses a Marxist perspective to study the relationship, in the modern context, between the governed and the governor. The latter, for him, makes use of ideology as a mediator ... ...

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... principle of a ruling class (the bourgeosis) and a working class (the proletariat) and meritocracy would abolish the idea of the ruling class, society would be equal. According to Louis Althusser (1972), a French Marxist philosopher, the school serves to mould individuals into subjects that fit with the requirements of capitalism, they learn submission, deference and respect for the economy and their place in ... ...

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... principle of a ruling class (the bourgeosis) and a working class (the proletariat) and meritocracy would abolish the idea of the ruling class, society would be equal. According to Louis Althusser (1972), a French Marxist philosopher, the school serves to mould individuals into subjects that fit with the requirements of capitalism, they learn submission, deference and respect for the economy and their place in ... ...

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... principle of a ruling class (the bourgeosis) and a working class (the proletariat) and meritocracy would abolish the idea of the ruling class, society would be equal. According to Louis Althusser (1972), a French Marxist philosopher, the school serves to mould individuals into subjects that fit with the requirements of capitalism, they learn submission, deference and respect for the economy and their place in ... ...

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... philosophic school and whilst abroad they came to the same conclusions but while Marx arrived at an understanding of the struggles and the demands of the age basis of the French Revolution, Engles did so on the basis of English industry. (The Story of His life, Mehring, page 93) Friedrich Engles was born in 1820 in the Rhine Province of the ... ...

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