Communism Thinkers Definitions

Communism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a form of society which is beyond justice simpliciter, not simply beyond distributive justice.

Communism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a higher social form, whose fundamental principle is the full and free development of every individual.

Communism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a mode of production that takes as its aim the turning of the proletariat into a class.

Communism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a not a dictatorship, but a form of humanism, it is the 'advent of practical humanism'.

Communism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an outcome inherent in capitalism's trajectory, but history is not a goaldirected process steered by communism.

Communism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠fulfilled naturalism... it is humanism, and insofar as it is fulfilled humanism, it is naturalism. This means that human work, as the humanization of nature, is at the same time that which naturalizes man, brings him back to his human essence, humanizes him.

Communism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠humanism, or rather, it is the end of humanism: It is what humanism is to become, and it is what every humanism is striving for and tending toward.

Communism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a state of affairs which is to be established or an ideal to which reality will have to adjust itself. Rather it is the real movement which abolishes the present state of things. The conditions of this movement result from the premises now in existence.

Communism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not an ideal, external to the contradictions of social life: It is the movement of revolutionary supersession of the present society that is made possible by the elements with which it is pregnant.

Communism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not so much a social state otherwise the dialectic would come to an end but rather a conscious principle of movement.

Communism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not the end of private consumption, but the end to the exploitation of the labour of others.

Communism (n.) abolishes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the eternal truths common to all states of society (such as freedom), it abolishes all religion, and all morality, instead of constituting them on a new basis... it therefore acts in contradiction to all past historical experience.

Communism (n.) begins ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠where atheism begins.

Communism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the abolution of private property and thus the abolition of human self-alienation, and the return of man himself as social, as really human being, a return that assimilates all the wealth of previous development.

Communism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the appropriate standard for assessing capitalism and, more importantly, for ascertaining what we ought to do, only insofar as it is an attainable goal.

Communism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the developmental end-point of human history and it is the point when all people will become fully developed as individuals. True human development will only take place when communism is established.

Communism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the end of money. The idea is that 'productive forces will increase with the all-round development of the individual such that all the springs of common wealth flow more abundantly... hence the famous phrase: 'From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs'.

Communism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the genuine resolution of the antagonism between man and nature and between man and man... it is the true resolution of the conflict between existence and essence, objectification and self-affirmation, freedom and necessity, individual and species. It is the riddle of history solved and knows itself as the solution.

Communism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the immanent potential that haunts, and emerges in and through, capitalism.

Communism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the positive transcendence of private property (which is basically a concrete form of human self-estrangement) and is therefore the complete return of man to himself as a social (i.e., human) being.