Karl Marx, the Apostle of Hate, and Marxist Legacy
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From the general contemplation, regarding the role of ideas, let’s proceed to our particular topic: Marx’s dictatorial mentality. Marx's blind ambition, grandiosity and his obsession with violence and controlling people were only partly a product of his communist ideology. To a considerable degree, the opposite was correct. His ideology was the product of his desire to destroy an existing society and, as a new god, control humankind. He wrote in one of his quoted above megalomaniac poems that he wanted to ruin the world and become equal to the creator. He never expressed any condemnation of the terrorist and revolutionary violence. On the contrary, he blamed the perpetrators for the insufficient violence.
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Karl Marx, the Apostle of Hate, and His Legacy is dedicated to the traditional enemies of the capitalist civilization – Marxism and communism. Who was really Marx, whose ideas have competed with the Bible? What were his philosophical, psychological and family roots? What did make him tick? Why the developed by Marx and his disciples theory became the new faith in the name of which the world was shattered, revolutions began, and a great number of people were enslaved, persecuted and perished? What features of Marxism led to those terrible human tragedies, and have they affected our time? Is Marxism just a memory, or still very much alive? Both Marxist dinosaurs and the postmodern, flexible and sophisticated Marxists, who have revised some dogmas and a violent message of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin, argue that the basic premises of Marxist teaching are still accurate. Are they accurate, indeed? This book considers Marxism in a grand historical context. We are exploring the roots of Marxism, its macro-historical origins, and its impact on our culture.
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Boris M. Segal was born in Russia. During Stalin’s purges his parents perished and he was persecuted. Later, he received M.D. and Ph.D. degrees and became Professor of Psychiatry at the Moscow Institute of Psychiatry. After immigration to the United States in 1973, he completed residency and Fellowship at Harvard University, worked in several psychiatric hospitals and clinics, and taught at the New York Medical College, the Columbia University and the New School for Social Research. He now divides his time between psychiatric practice, consultations, teaching and writing. Dr. Segal is the author of over one hundred publications on emotional, addictive and personality disorders, psychosocial problems, childrearing, the family, history of ideas and philosophy. His previous books include Human Motivations (ed.), Russian Drinking, The Drunken Society, We the Humans, God, the Devil and You, and The Rise and Fall of the Evil Empire.