Sociology Assignment 01

Difference between Marxism and Communism

While Communism is a classless, stateless society in which productive property
commonly owned and economic distribution is operated on the principle of "from
each according to his ability, to each according to his need."
It also refers to a group of ideologies which hold this form of social organization
as
their end goal. The most significant form of communism is Marxism.
Communism a real political system that has been put into effect in places
such as China and Russia.

Marxism is a political theory upon which many communist systems are developed
It refers to the social, economic and political theories of the scholar Karl
Marx; these theories provide the basis for most communist systems and theories.

Although most forms of communism are derived in some way from Marx's
writings,
there are some forms of communism that are non-Marxist in origin, including
Christian communism and anarchist communism.
Marxism advocates a strong central government, while some forms of
communism, including anarchist communism, call for the total abolishment of all
government.

Submitted by: Nilofar Saleem, 2014282.