Scientific Socialism Lecture Review

Flashcards covering the fundamental concepts, history, and characteristics of Scientific Socialism, Democracy, and Social Structures based on the provided lecture notes.

Scientific Socialism (Broad Sense)

Marxism-Leninism as a whole, providing a logical explanation from philosophical, political economic, and socio-political perspectives regarding the inevitable transition of human society from capitalism to socialism and communism.

Scientific Socialism (Narrow Sense)

One of the three constituent parts of Marxism-Leninism, alongside philosophy and political economy.

French Utopian Socialism

A movement that failed to discover the pioneer social force capable of carrying out the revolutionary transition from capitalism to communism.

Marx and Engels (1843–1848)

The specific period during which C. Marx and Ph. Engels transitioned their philosophical and political positions to form the consistent and solid foundation of scientific socialism.

Central Subject of Scientific Socialism

The world-historical mission of the working class, including the conditions and paths for the working class to fulfill this mission.

The Communist Manifesto (February 1848)

The classic work by C. Marx and Ph. Engels that marks the basic formation of Marxist theory, including its three constituent parts: philosophy, political economy, and scientific socialism.

Working Class (Capitalist Production Relation)

The class of laborers who do not own the primary means of production of society and must sell their labor power to the bourgeoisie for surplus value.

Working Class (Distinctive Feature)

Laboring through industrial methods characterized by the use of machines, resulting in high productivity and socialized labor processes.

Growth of the Working Class

The emergence and leadership role of the Communist Party, which acts as the most important subjective factor for the working class to fulfill its historical mission.

Vietnamese Working Class (Timeline)

A social force born and developed in association with the colonial exploitation policies of the French in Vietnam during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, appearing before the Vietnamese bourgeoisie.

Socialist Economic Characteristics

A highly developed economy based on modern forces of production and the system of public ownership of the primary means of production.

Transition Period in Vietnam

The current stage of Vietnam, characterized as an indirect transition to socialism by bypassing the capitalist regime.

Socialist Democracy (Political Nature)

A system characterized by political monism led by the Communist Party to ensure power truly belongs to the people.

Democracy (Historical Category)

As a form of state or political institution, democracy is a historical category that emerges with the state and disappears when the state withers away.

Three Historical Types of Democracy

Slave-owner democracy, Bourgeois democracy, and Socialist democracy.

Socialist State

A state of the people, by the people, and for the people, where managing and building the economy is more central and decisive than suppressing the resistance of exploitative classes.

Social-Class Structure

The type of social structure that holds the primary position and governs other types of social structures within a society.

Nation (Broad Sense)

A country or independent state characterized by a stable territory, shared economic lifestyle, common language, the management of a single state, and a shared culture and psychology.

Leninist National Program

A program summarized by three points: all nations are completely equal, nations have the right to self-determination, and the union of workers from all nations.

National Self-Determination

The right of a nation to master its own destiny, including the right to decide its political-social regime and path of development.

Religious Characteristics

The distinct nature of religion comprising historical, mass-based, and political characteristics.

Progressive Marriage

A marriage based on voluntary love that includes the right to free divorce when love no longer exists, though it does not encourage the act of divorce itself.

Nuclear Family (Gia đình hạt nhân)

The family model becoming increasingly popular in both urban and rural Vietnam during the transition to socialism, characterized by smaller size and fewer members.