What is so scientific about Scientific Socialism?

Marx used the term "scientific" to refer his own brand of socialism, because he wanted to contrast "scientific socialism" to utopian socialism, as advocated by Saint-Simon and Robert Owen. read more

Scientific socialism. Scientific socialism is the term first used by Friedrich Engels[1] to describe the social-political-economic theory first pioneered by Karl Marx. read more

Definition of scientific socialism. : socialism associated chiefly with Marxians and based principally upon a belief that historical forces (as economic determinism and the class struggle) determine usually by violent means the achievement of socialist goals — compare utopian socialism. read more