“In addition to the emotive appeal of its eschatological promise, there was the tremendous attraction of Marxism as a cognitive framework for the interpretation of history and reality. With a largely justified reputation, Marxism functioned as a modern-day theology in the sense that it offered the best of minds a doctrine of very high level of intellectual sophistication with which to grapple, work, and identify.” ReligionSocialismIdeologyCommunismMarxismCastrismoChavismAdoctrination Book:Ideological Fixation: From the Stone Age to Today's Culture Wars Source: Ideological Fixation: From the Stone Age to Today's Culture Wars