Marx ne bade-bade thinkers ke ideas ko ikhatta kiya aur unhe scientific foundation par khada kar diya. Humein dekhna padta hai ki Marx par kin-kin ka asar pada aur unhone kaise un ideas ko apne darshan mein samil kiya.
Log kehte hain ki Marx jab shuru mein college mein the, toh woh Hegel se bahut zyada asar mein the. Kuch communists toh unhe “bachcha” aur “immature” (bachkana) tak kehte hain, isliye unki us samay ki philosophy ko maante nahi. Par hum jante hain ki Marx ki shuruati philosophy, jise ‘Early Marxism’ kehte hain, us par Hegel ka bahut gehra asar hai. Iska saboot unki kitaab “Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts” mein milta hai.
Marx ka sabse bada credit yeh hai ki unhone philosophy ko samajh-shastra (social system) mein badal diya. Jahan pehle log brahm aur unchi-unchi baatein karte the, Marx ne kaha ki yeh sab sirf kalpana hai. Unhone philosophy ko society aur uske problems ki taraf mod diya.
Marx ke kaam ka bada hissa politics par based hai. Un par kai political thinkers ka asar pada, khaaskar:
Marx ne dictatorship ko zaroori mana, par woh ek insaan ki nahi, balki ‘proletariat’ ki dictatorshipchahte the. ‘Proletariat’ ka matlab hai mazdoor ya shramik varg. Unka manna tha ki jab mazdoor varg ka shasan aayega, tab koi bhi samaaj ka paisa hadap nahi payega.
Marx ke darshan ka sabse bada aadhaar economics hai. Unka manna tha ki samaaj mein jitni bhi na-insafi (injustice) hai, uski wajah economic inequality (paise ki barabari na hona) hai. Un par do bade economists ka gehra asar pada:
Marx ne in logon ke ideas ko toda aur kaha ki samaajik insaaf bina economic equality ke ho hi nahi sakta. Unhone mazdoor-aadhaarit (labor-based) economics banane par zor diya aur Mill ke Laissez-faire system mein sudhaar ke liye dictatorship zaroori samjhi. Isliye Marx ko Scientific Socialism ka pita mana jata hai, kyunki unhone socialism ko scientific aur economic foundations par khada kiya.
Marx ne dekha ki socialism ki baat pehle bhi ho chuki thi, jaise Saint-Simon ne. Par unka socialism dharma (religion) par based tha. Marx ne aise religious socialism ko nakar diya.
Marx ne kaha ki agar socialism ko dharmik aadhaaron par khada karoge, toh logon ki aankhon mein dhool jhonkoge. Yeh sab baatein sirf logon ko bahlane ke liye hain. Jaise, sab kehte hain “pita ji swarg chale gaye,” par koi nahi kehta “narak gaye.”
Marx ne in chaaron bade sources (Hegel ki philosophy, Hobbes, Aristotle, Rousseau ki politics, Ricardo, Adam Smith, Mill ki economics, aur Saint-Simon ka socialism) ko ikhatta karke scientific socialism ka ek naya roop diya.