According to a authors of Sociological Marxism: of Sociological Theory¸ Buroway & Wright¸ demonstrates that:
Marx's influence during his life was not great. After his death it increased with a growth of a labor movement. Marxism sociological's ideas and theories came to be recognized as Marxism¸ or scientific socialism¸ which constitutes one of the main currents of contemporary political thought.
Marxism analysis of capitalist economy and his theories of historical materialism¸ the class struggle¸ and surplus value have develop into a basis of contemporary socialist doctrine. Of decisive importance with respect to revolutionary action are his theories ...