Lección Inaugural 2022: Marxism and the Intellectuals

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At the inaugural lecture of 2022 at Francisco Marroquín University, Phillip W. Magness questions how is it possible that, 30 years after the fall of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics (USSR), a totalitarian regime continues to be so celebrated in the present? How is it possible that a figure like Karl Marx continues to be so relevant today? Magness takes a historical tour where he demonstrates how Karl Marx was rejected by the intellectual circle of his time states and, through numerous examples, how the USSR gave Marx the mainstream stature that he has today, leaving the intellectual circle at a crossroads, since his legacy has not been based on ideas, but on violence, suffering and poverty. Phillip W. Magness is Senior Research Faculty and Interim Research and Education Director at the American Institute for Economic Research. Discover more content at http://www.newmedia.ufm.edu Organized by: Universidad Fransisco Marroquín https://www.ufm.edu/ A production by New Media UFM http://newmedia.ufm.edu