Marxism–Leninism

Summary

Marxism–Leninism is a political ideology^[1]. Marxism–Leninism ranks in the top 1% of political_ideology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,233 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Marxism–Leninism's instance of is recorded as political ideology^[3].
• Karl Marx is named after Marxism–Leninism^[4].
• Vladimir Lenin is named after Marxism–Leninism^[5].
• Marxism–Leninism is a type of Marxism^[6].
• Marxism–Leninism is a type of Leninism^[7].
• Marxism–Leninism's Commons category is recorded as Marxism-Leninism^[8].
• Marxism–Leninism comprises dialectical materialism^[9].
• Marxism–Leninism comprises historical materialism^[10].
• Marxism–Leninism comprises Marxian economics^[11].
• Marxism–Leninism comprises scientific communism^[12].
• Marxism–Leninism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Marxism–Leninism^[13].
• Marxism–Leninism's different from is recorded as Classical Marxism^[14].
• Marxism–Leninism's different from is recorded as Leninism^[15].
• Marxism–Leninism's different from is recorded as machine learning^[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Marxism–Leninism's instance of is recorded as political ideology^[3]. Recorded subclass of include Marxism^[6] and Leninism^[7].

Origins

Things named after include Karl Marx^[4], an economist^[17], 1818–1883^[18], of Kingdom of Prussia^[19], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts^[20], specialised in political economics^[21] and Vladimir Lenin^[5], a politician^[22], 1870–1924^[23], of Russian Empire^[24], awarded the Work order of Corasmia^[25], specialised in Leninism^[26].

Use and Application

Components include dialectical materialism^[9], a branch of philosophy^[27], founded in 1887^[28]; historical materialism^[10], a branch of philosophy^[29]; Marxian economics^[11], a school of economic thought^[30]; and scientific communism^[12], a political ideology^[31].

Why It Matters

Marxism–Leninism ranks in the top 1% of political_ideology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,233 views/month).^[2] Marxism–Leninism has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Marxism–Leninism is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Marxism–Leninism has been cited as an influence by left-wing terrorism^[34], a political violence^[35] and critical pedagogy^[36].

FAQs

Who did Marxism–Leninism influence?

Marxism–Leninism has been cited as an influence by left-wing terrorism^[34] and critical pedagogy^[36].