THEORETICAL BACKGROUND FOR UNDERSTANDING THE STATE CAPITALIST: A MARXIST PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to rescue the most important aspects represented in the theoretical foundations of the capitalist state contained within a Marxist perspective and historical and theoretical analysis. The method used in this research work to achieve this goal involves the deductive method because of the general, which includes a discussion of the theoretical foundations of the Theory of Capitalist State and also the inductive method because it considers the particular, ie the theory the capitalist state, bringing up the most relevant contributions on the subject, supported by the intellectual legacy of several authors such as Karl Marx, Hegel, Engels, Lenin, Gramsci, Offe. The justification for the choice and development of this topic stems from the importance and immediate continuation of studies on the Theory of the Capitalist State, especially in a current critical low acceptance in the academy now. The main conclusion of this work is that the state is an instrument of the ruling class aimed at providing solutions to the conflicts arising from the impossibility of all existing classes in society, concomitantly, to appropriate political power. As a result, the state is seen as both a product of relations of domination and shaper.