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The end of 19th century, Western Society was changing physically, philosophically, economically, and politically. It was an influential and critical time in that the Industrial Revolution created a new class. Many contemporary observers realized the dramatic changes in society. Among these were Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels who observed the conditions of the working man, or the proletariat, and saw a change in how goods and wealth were distributed. In their Communist Manifesto, they described their observations of the inequalities between the emerging wealthy middle class and the proletariat as well as the condition of the proletariat. They argued that the proletariat was at the mercy of the new emerging middle class, or bourgeoisie, and could only be rescued by Communism: a new economic form.
Marxism was a theory from Karl Marx that spread a thought for communist regime. He brought out the idea of a struggle in the working class called “the bourgeoisie-proletariat struggle” that disclosed the working class overthrowing the middle-class (Bourgeoisie) Marx believed that this conflict was not a product of bad intentions but rather this revolution was unavoidable due to the harsh treatment the middle class was giving to the working class. The thought was the working class would takeover the revenues of production, set up a dictatorship and eventually turn this into a classless communist society because Karl blamed this problem on capitalism. This was a criticism and a blow to European economy because it challenged the traditional beliefs and targeted the point that the economy was not benefitting the people. Karl Marx challenged the middle class with its value system also saying that the working class would ultimately be in power. Marxism not only questions traditional social hierarchy by saying that the working class would rule, but he also questions democracy, absolutism and monarchism with the knowledge of Marx saying that those “governments” would be rendered useless, and no longer a need for government in his mind.
The writings of Karl Marx spell out the philosophic foundations of his radicalism. Marx’s philosophy is complicated and detailed. However, the central theme to Marx’s theories was his view that economic forces were increasingly oppressing human beings and his belief that political action and change were necessary. Marx’s thinking is a reaction to the industrial society of the mid ninete...
In the creation of Modern Industry, the bourgeoisies made advancements in industry but also in politics. “Each step in the development of the bourgeoisie was accompanied by a corresponding political advance,” Marx states (435). In business, whoever rules the market gets to control the politics of the place. Since the bourgeoisies have a hold on political power, they can pass laws allowing them to do business in their favor and control the market. Marx explains, “[T]he bourgeoisie has at last, since the establishment of the Modern Industry and of the world-market, conquered for itself, in the modern representative State, exclusive political sway. The executive of the modern State is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie” (436). In other words, the bourgeoisies force the government to fulfill their agenda and manage their affairs with each other. Instead of politics being used for their purposes to create an equal opportunity country and market for everyone. Again, this displays selfishness in the bourgeoisies to only better themselves. On the other hand, in communism the proletarians would overcome the bourgeoisies to create more equal political processes to create an equal opportunity environment as opposed to the lower class only feeling the consequences of the political
Chapter 1 begins with a definitive statement: “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles”. The Authors’ statement shows that class warfare, from the beginning of written history, and quite possibly before, has been ever present. The resulting issues from those struggles seem to far outweigh the reward in some cases. Many classes never emerged on the other side of the revolutions their warring had instigated. Alternatively, the many fighting classes would both fall “in common ruin”. Although feudalism has fallen, the struggles faced within the oppression of that system remain, but in a new form. The Authors state that “The modern bourgeois society that has sprouted from the ruins of the feudal society has not done away with class antagonisms. It has but established new classes, new conditions of oppressions, and new forms of struggle in place of old ones”. In addition to this, the Bourgeoisies simplified the opposition between the classes by drawing a distinct line between the Bourgeoisies (owners) and the Proletarians (laborers); the weapon wielded was monopolization. Domination of the ownership and control of production and manufacturing forced the Proletarians to sell their time to the Bourgeoisies as a commodity. Through this development, the Authors show that the Bourgeois so...
Only in the course of the world’s history can a person born over a hundred years ago be as famous today as they were back then. Karl Marx is one person that fits this category. He paved the way for people of the same political background as his own. Marx’s ideas were unique and started uproar all over Europe. Marx helped write the Communist Manifesto one of the most important pieces of literature on Communism ever written. At one time people feared Communism as a power, which prompted Marx to write the Communist Manifesto and explain his ideas. How Communism should be used as type of government. He was seen as kind of an outlaw, having to move from country to country to avoid troubles with the local governments. Karl Marx truly had a different view of how government should be run. His view was that the government should run everything that way there would be no rich and no poor, everything would be equal. He believed that the only way to make peoples lives more bearable was too eliminate classes and give everyone a fair chance at life; this was his view of Communism. Marx believed this because he saw classes as an evil creation, and that the gap was just widening between the rich and the poor. Take away a materialistic ideals and no one will be better off than someone else everything will be equal.
A central concept to Marxism is class warfare which exists throughout the stages of economic history. In the stage of capitalism, the proletariat and bourgeoisie are created as a byproduct. The proletariat being the working class or laborers and the bourgeoisie consisting of the class which owns the means of production, the capitalist. Nonetheless, capitalism was inherently flawed acc...
Marxism is a method of analysis based around the concepts developed by the two German philosophers Karl Marx and Fredrich Engel, centered around the complexities of social-relations and a class-based society. Together, they collaborated their theories to produce such works as The German Ideology (1846) and The Communist Manifesto (1848), and developed the terms ‘’proletariat’ and ’bourgeois’ to describe the working-class and the wealthy, segmenting the difference between their respective social classes. As a result of the apparent differences, Marxism states that proletariats and bourgeoisie are in constant class struggle, working against each other to amount in a gain for themselves.
Karl Marx 's writing of ‘The Communist Manifesto’ in 1848 has been documented by a vast number of academics as one of the most influential pieces of political texts written in the modern era. Its ideologically driven ideas formed the solid foundation of the Communist movement throughout the 20th century, offering a greater alternative for those who were rapidly becoming disillusioned and frustrated with the growing wealth and social divisions created by capitalism. A feeling not just felt in by a couple of individuals in one society, but a feeling that was spreading throughout various societies worldwide. As Toma highlights in his work, Marx felt that ‘capitalism would produce a crisis-ridden, polarized society destined to be taken over by
Once upon a time, a long time ago, there lived Winnie the Pooh. He lived in a forest by himself, but he also had Christopher Robin and his friends. This book and movie has been re-read and watched with great pleasure over the past generations. That is because of the storytelling, characterization, and the writing. It is because of that imaginary world the students begin to understand literature. Literary theories also come into play. We will now discuss two literary theories in Winnie the Pooh.
A mass percentage of books published and bought in this day and age are labeled young adult.