Scientific communism
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Scientific communism was one of the three major elements of Marxism–Leninism as taught in the Soviet Union in all institutions of higher education and pursued in the corresponding research institutions and departments.[1] The discipline consisted in investigation of laws, patterns, ways and forms of class struggle, socialist revolution and development of socialism and construction of communism.
Overview
Passing exams in scientific communism was an obligatory prerequisite in obtaining any postgraduate scientific degree in the Soviet Union (see "Kandidat" for details).
Typical courses of study included the following topics, among others:
- Origins and development of the communist theory
- Theory of socialist revolution
- International communist movement
- Dictatorship of the proletariat
- Transformation of socialism into communism
- Democratic centralism
- Communist interpersonal relations and upbringing
- Criticisms of anti-communism
Other components of Marxism–Leninism
- Marxist–Leninist philosophy, subdivided into dialectical materialism and historical materialism
- Political economy, subdivided into the political economy of capitalism and political economy of socialism
References
- ^ Oznobkina, Elena (28 October 2013). "Scientific Communism (Nauchnyi kommunizm)". Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Russian. Routledge. p. 548. ISBN 9781136787867.
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