<p>And if you could perhaps tie it into certain time periods or use specific examples…I know i might sound like an idiot but for some reason I just can’t wrap my head around these concepts by just reading about them. </p>
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<p>this isn't homework. i've read about them on wikipedia and studied it in history but i still can't understand most of it because i've never had someone actually explain it to me.</p>
<p>Well, from what I've gathered, (the original) Marxism is mostly a theory of history that predicted how political systems would change over time (feudalism => capitalism => dictatorship of the proletariat => communism).
I haven't read up on philosophy in a while though.</p>
<p>Besides, most of these terms mean vastly different things when used by different people. Libertarianism, for instance, can be used to mean "hardcore-capitalism", but anarcho-communists like to call themselves "libertarian socialists." Liberalism is similarly ambiguous...</p>
<p>Go on various radical-politics forums, that should give you a feel for the ideas and controversies surrounding these sorts of definitions.</p>
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<li>Marxism -Socialism basically...but they want to eliminate the whole class system.</li>
<li>Humanism - Focus on the individual , a large part of the renaissance</li>
<li>Socialism - Working for the greater good of the people</li>
<li>Realism - Um..art period focused on an realistic depiction of the subject. Died out when photograph became popular.</li>
<li>Romanticism -Focus on emotion...</li>
<li>Libertarianism - Focus on freedoms, evolved version of Capitalism. Believes any regulation is wrong and government is made to protect the freedoms of the people. </li>
<li>Liberalism - Um..never heard of it.. I would guess liking of change..</li>
<li>Objectivism - not sure..maybe materialism</li>
<li>Capitalism - Free market system</li>
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<p>BLEH @ Objectivism. Ayn Rand thought she was queen. No one cared about her or her phony ideas. Read this:</p>
<p>Rand's work has been mostly ignored by the academic philosophers of the English-speaking world. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand</a>. Under "Rand's work and academic philosophy" Though I don't have anything against her, I think she was trying to get her name thrown out there rather than doing something meaningful or altruistic. She seemed fierce and ****ed off in her research, esp. when calling Immanuel Kant a "monster."</p>
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<p>You think she was trying to be altruistic? Apparently, you have no idea what you're talking about, because Ayn Rand's Objectivism is anti-altruism. In fact, if there is one thing that Ayn Rand's Objectivism preaches, it's selfishness (but in a somewhat different sense than the common use of the word).</p>
<p>OP, if you can't understand them by reading wikipedia, how do you expect to understand it when somebody writes it here, not saying that harshly of course :)</p>
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Ayn Rand's Objectivism is anti-altruism. In fact, if there is one thing that Ayn Rand's Objectivism preaches, it's selfishness
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<p>LoL, damn. What a nut! What did she honestly think she would achieve with that idea of being selfish? Selfish in what way then if not in the conventional sense?</p>