MARX’S VIEWS ON SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION AND THE CAUSE OF BUILDING SOCIALISM IN VIETNAM

Abstract

In this paper the author try to clarify the view of K.Marx on social differentiation based on Marx’s materialist conception/understanding of history. As the author shows, based on Marx’s view, social differentiation will be viewed in a scientific, concrete and comprehensive manner: it will be understood in terms of materialist and dialectical views on man, society, and the historical development of human society. The author also demonstrates that Marx’s theory of social differentiation encompasses his vision of the socialist and communist socio-economic formation as the superior and humane soico-economic formation that seeks to eliminate oppression, exploitation, and social inequality, while promoting the all-round development of man. Thus, in the case of Vietnam, Marx’s view on social differentiation and Communism was creatively embraced and applied by President Ho Chi Minh in the process of building socialism in Vietnam.