Talk:Historical institutionalism

It is not acceptable to state that Marx view of history was linear and teleological without further discussion of the subject. Marx was opposed to teleology and didn't formulate any linear map of history. I will therefore remove those statements.

Good. This is a common misunderstanding about Marx. I read it here yesterday, but did not remove it. The article really needs a full shake down. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stunetii (talk • contribs) 11:56, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Marx was NOT oppossed to teleological interpretations as you both say (e.g. The Communist Manifesto). In fact, writers and idelogues such as Lenin and Mao talked specifically about the political and revolutionary road from socialism to communism precisely because classical Marxism gave them the framewok to do so: the stages of development of capitalism. This article needs a lot of work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DrMesserPoloSci (talk • contribs) 13:31, 7 July 2011 (UTC)