Political Science · Western Political Thought
UGC NET October 2020 Political Science
Who is credited for providing the general theory of socialism?
AKarl Marx ✓ Correct
BRobert Owen
CProudhon
DCharles Fourier
Correct answer: (A) Karl Marx — The general theory of socialism is credited to Karl Marx, so the answer is Karl Marx.
Explanation
★The general theory of socialism is credited to Karl Marx, so the answer is Karl Marx.
★Marx, with Engels, transformed socialism from scattered utopian schemes into a systematic theory.
★He grounded socialism in a materialist analysis of history, class struggle, and the laws of capitalist development.
★Engels called this the move from utopian to scientific socialism.
★Owen, Fourier, and Proudhon are classed as utopian or early socialists who lacked such a general theory.
★So it is Marx who is credited with the comprehensive, scientific theory of socialism.
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