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Eclecticism - A mechanical and/or arbitrary collecting of concepts or facts without any preestablished principles or structures. Eclecticism is often used to attempt to reconcile the irreconcilable such as idealism and materialism. Economism - A Russian variant of anarcho-syndicalism. It held that the economic struggle of the workers was sufficient to develop a mass movement, political consciousness, and an active leadership. Lenin devoted much of his pamphlet What is to be Done? to attacking Economism as a dangerous tendency that glorified the backwardness of the working class, evaded political issues, and downplayed the revolutionary party. Emancipation of Labor Group - Founded by G.V. Plekhanov together with other Russian emigres in Switzerland after their break with populism (see Narodnism) in 1883. Its founding marks the beginning of a Russian Marxist movemenr. It was dissolved when the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party was formed in 1898. Emmanuel III, Victor - (1869-1947) King of Italy from 1900, through First World War and fascist rule of Mussolini; abdicated in 1946. Empiricism - A teaching on the theory of knowledge which holds that sensory experience is the only source of knowledge and affirms that all knowledge is founded on experience and is obtained through experience. The opposite to rationalism. The main failing of this is a tendency to reject reason as a means of deduction in favour of a metaphysical exaggeration of the role of experience alone. Engels, Frederick - (1820 - 1895) Lifelong friend and collaborator of Karl Marx . Principal works: The Condition of the Working Classes in England, The Manifesto of The Communist Party (with Karl Marx), The German Ideology (with Karl Marx) Anti-Dühring, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and The State. See also the Marxism FAQ entry. Epigones - Disciples who corrupt the doctrines of their teachers. Used to descibe the Stalinists who corrupted the teaching of Marx and Lenin. Eugenics - A doctrine which holds that the human race can be "improved" by selective control of breeding to eradicate less "desirable" traits in society. The supporters of eugenics argue that social problems are caused by inherited genetic traits in people which can be bred out to resolve the problem for future generations. The logical conclusion of this theory is deeply racist and reactionary based on dubious research and prejudice. Back to the Glossary of Marxist Terms
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