Analysis Of Karl Marx's Materialist Concept Of History

Karl Marx creates a well-rounded materialist conception of history throughout his writings on how a society should be described in terms of its means of material production, which became the first of its kind by introducing a theory rivaling the rising concept of capitalism.
Marx’s materialist conception of history serves to provide an explanation for the various social changes and revolutions that have occurred over time. It is believed to be partly derived from an ideology of a fellow philosopher, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, that focused on idealism rather than materialism. We discussed how Marx saw French revolution ideas within himself in class, which would explain his belief that power is usually transferred between classes on the basis

One of, if not the most, important claims made by Marx in this writing is that the mind does not shape reality, supported by his calls to “…liberate them [men] from the chimeras, the ideas, dogmas, imaginary beings under the yoke of which they are pining away.” (Marx 162). In fact, he criticizes Hegelian society by calling their ideology “…innocent and childlike…” (Marx 162) for allowing men to try and shape reality with their minds. Instead, Marx argues that it is not enough to simply accredit religious beliefs to a man’s own conceptions; that everything he believes must be shaped in a social, economic, and historic

In an article of Life Magazine in 1948, Hubert Kay offers a fascinating simile to Marxian history in which he claims:
“It [history] is like a river. From any vantage point, a river looks much the same day after day. But actually it is constantly flowing and changing…one day, when the banks are thoroughly weakened and the rains long and heavy, the river floods and bursts its banks, and may take a new course.” (Kay 1948)
He advocated for a society in which the workers would own the means of production which would allow the power to be in the hands of the people, as he explained in the Manifesto of the Communist Party; “Communism deprives no man of the power to appropriate the products of society.” (Marx 222). I am sure that Marx would not have expected for capitalism to have lasted as long as it has in this country, and, if he were alive, would surely push for a global communist society in which each man would get appropriated goods based on his