A REASSESSMENT OF MARX&amp;apos;S THEORY AS A POLITICAL THEORY AND A THEORY OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Journal: SCIREA Journal of Sociology
Year: 2019

I present an assessment of Marx's theory based on a new understanding of the foundations of social science, consisting of two dichotomies. Based on these dichotomies, Marx's theory implicitly assumed alternatives to those of the dominant economic theory of capitalism. However, his theory did not fully conform to these choices. Furthermore, I interpret Marx's theory through Galtung's recent theory of conflict resolution. At the time, Marx's theory represented a major intellectual advance; its eno