Marxism Case Study

Introduction

Karl Marx; theorist, economist, sociologist and many more; believe in the idea known as Marxism. This view was that the economic base of society determines its social institutions. He believed that capital is a social and economic relationship between people; rather than between people and things. Marxism advocates for the idea that capitalism would lead to socialism, before ultimately changing into communism. Marx describes the forces of production are the technology and work patterns that men and women use to utilize their environment to meet their needs. These forces of production expressed in Marx’s theory are independent of one’s will, one does not have control over it but it’s necessary. Capitalism is particularly relation of production; by relations of production, Marx means the social relationships people entered by participation in economic life. The relations of production are the relations people establish with each other when they utilize existing raw materials and technologies in the pursuit of their production goals.

Capitalism and the Social Institutions

While Marx begins with the forces of production, he quickly moves to the

These views express class relations and tend to fuse the authority and power of the dominating class. "The ideas of the ruling class are, in every age, the ruling ideas; the class which is the dominant material force in society is at the same time its dominant intellectual force.” (Kincheloe & Steinberg 2007) A current example can be how the business of America is business, the goal of the economic system is to rise; our goal is to make more money to buy nicer things. Also, the point of how the education system is constructed is to provide knowledge and training so that young adults can be prepared and assume their role in the