Las raíces míticas del pensamiento político de Karl Marx

Abstract

A comparative study between the diverse versions of the eschatological myth of the monotheist religions of West Asia, on one side, and of the political theory and history philosophy in Karl Marx’s thinking, on de other, is done in this article. The theme and structure similarly between both discourses, the ancient religious and the modern revolutionary, are defined, Leonard P. Wessell’s interpretation of Marx’s theory as a prometeic myth s commented. In this way, Marx’s discourse is situate within the mythological tradition of Western culture.