Liberdade e igualdade no pensamento de Karl Marx

Abstract

This study aims to determine, within the framework of the political thought developed by Karl Marx, the relevance and the assertion of values such as freedom or equality. As such, it must be our duty to question which of these values holds supremacy in Marxist doctrine, and if a primacy of a term is attested, which element is relegated to a smaller or secondary level, in addition to the relevance of understanding a potential balance between them. In any case, it shall be recalled the young Marx period, where the alienating element held an analytical preponderance. Through the phenomenon of alienation, we can predict the state of freedom and equality in full bourgeois and capitalist society, and as such, demonstrate a genuine proposal of a historical devir subjected to a dialectical dynamic. Thus, historical materialism allows us to retrieve the achievement and this dialectical leap, so that History can acquire an authentic Freedom. Finally, the Marxist Philosophy of History is an important element to question the role that these values play in the concept of society developed by Karl Marx.