The article scrutinizes the possibility of using the Marxist methodology of researching the world historical process for studying the stages of crisis development in capitalist society. Its modern stage is considered to be sequential of the 19th century crisis. The features of basic contradiction manifestation of the capitalism – between labor and capital – are described in the context of transition to the digital economy. The author assumes that new social and political forces capable to ensure the social conflicts resolution might arise.

Marxism, the methodology of Marxism, capitalism, the crisis of capitalism, civil society

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