MARX'S PROMETHEAN HUMANISM
Keywords:
Marx, PROMETHEAN HUMANISM, Hegel, FeuerbachAbstract
A spectre is haul'lting Europe-the spectre of Comrnunisrn,? When Karl Marx wrote those words in 1848, little did he realize that a century later that 'spectre' would be haunting the whole world 'in a form resembling only in outline the plan of its former rnaster.? For world-wide Communism today includes millions of people from a variety of religious, cultural, racial and geographical backgrounds and in its local manifestations the message of Marx has merged with elements of cultures they represent. 'Red monks and hajjis were and are commonplace in many parts of rural Southeast Asla.? Nationalist leaders in many countries in Asia and Africa forged Marxist doctrine into a powerful weapon for their attacks on colonialism and imperialism.
References
Marx, The Communist Manifesto.
Gary Chamberlin, 'The Man Marx Made' in Science and Society, Vol. 27, p. 302.
Harry Benda, 'Reflections on Asian Communism' in Yale Review, Oct. 1966.
R. C. Tucker, Philosophy and Mythin Karl Marx, p, 113.
Erich Fromm, Marx's Concept of Man, (New York: Frederick Ungar Pnb: C. 1971).
Ludwig Feuerbach, The essence of Christianity, p. xxxiii.
D. J. Struik, 'Marx's Economic-Philosophical Manuscripts' in Science and Society, p.290,
Thomas Sowell, 'Karl Marx and the Freedom of the Individual: in Ethics, vol, 73, p. 120.
