Communism Quote by Herbert Marcuse

“I found that those of my friends who were admirers of Marx, Freud, and Adler, were impressed by a number of points common to…

— Karl R. Popper

An ideology can provide a satisfying narrative that explains chaotic events and collective misfortunes in a way that flatters the virtue and competence of…

— Steven Pinker

To Marx the claim of the theory of ideology is that all doctrine is a derivative of social circumstance.

— Bernard Crick

In truth, ideology has very little to do with 'consciousness', even supposing this term to have an unambiguous meaning. It is profoundly unconscious, even…

— Louis Althusser

In brainwashing communism deceit lies manipulation marxism socialism truth A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

— Vladimir Lenin

I actually did trouble to read Marx first hand. I found it illuminating in so many ways; in particular, my perception of the relationship…

— Tony Blair

“ideology signifies a phenomenon intermediate between a simple lie at one pole, and an error, which is the result of a distorted and faulty…

— Karl Mannheim

In his condemnation [Karl] Marx referred to institutionalized religion,that has precisely the function of anesthetizing men till they do not notice the in- justice…

— Erich Fromm

Economy and ideology. The claim (presented as an essential postulate of historical materialism) that every fluctuation of politics and ideology can be presented and…

— Antonio Gramsci

“As the interpretation of reality by the power structure, ideology is always subordinated ultimately to the interests of the structure. Therefore, it has a…

— Václav Havel

“Marx - like everyone else - did reject certain ideas of human nature; but he also regarded some as being true. It is important…

— Norman Geras

“Orthodox Marxism, therefore, does not imply the uncritical acceptance of the results of Marx’s investigations. It is not the ‘belief’ in this or that…

— György Lukács