...Krampus There was an Engel family, it was Dec.5th 2015 in Atlanta there was a son named Max, a daughter named Beth, a mother named Sarah and a father named Tom. Their family just got home from the grocery store so Sarah was just about to cook dinner for their family and the kids mom sister was about to come over with their family. To stay for Christmas Beth and Max hated it when they came over because all they ever wanted to do was fight with each other, eat and watch television. So then Sarah heard a knock at the door and it was them so Beth went up to her room to text her boyfriend because she did not want to be around her aunt’s kids then boom! Aunt Dorothy came bursting through the door with her big bags and suit cases...
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...Sociology essay Intro Assess the contribution of Marxism to our understanding of families and household. Marxism is the political and economic theory formed by Karl Marx and Freidrich Engels. “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.” – Karl Marx He is trying to say religion is the drug of people. It’s what keeps them alive in these wretched times. The oppressed creatures are the lower classed people forced to work every day just to feed their families. The heartless world are the capitalist, the selfish rich people who have never labored a day in their life. The soulless conditions therefore become the terrible conditions under which the poor have to work in. Marx is trying to show the system of hierarchy in the quote. Religion is the only thing the poor can hold on to, it can’t be taken away from them. Religion is the escape to find hope and salvation in the sense that one day they don’t have to work under the rich people. Marxism is the theoretical debate on understanding of different classes in society, taking as its starting point the necessary economic activities required by everyday people to provide for their material needs. Engels and zaretskys view will be discussed as well as the new rights, functionalists and Marxist feminists. Friedrich Engels Engels (1820-1895) was a German social scientist as well as becoming the joint father of Marxism. He had...
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...wealth and poverty apparent in most industrialist cities and was further enforced by the onset of the First World War. The Metamorphosis reflects upon the economic struggle caused by the onset of the industrial revolution and the chaos caused by the onset of the First World War in Europe, between the large number of diverse economic and social philosophies such as the struggle between communism and capitalism which shaped the global struggles in the latter half of the twentieth century. In 1847 Frederick Engels, defined communism in The Principles of Communism as, “the doctrine of the conditions of the liberation of the proletariat” (1), the proletariat’s being the lower working classes which sell their labor to gain capital (Engel 2). The communist ideal calls for the rejection of capitalistic ideals and the adoption of a classless society with no private ownership of resources but rather public ownership of capital resources in order to avoid the evils of capitalism (Engel 13). The Metamorphosis reflects communistic ideals in its depiction of Gregor and the Samsa family, Gregor in the first pages of the book is depicted as a massive vermin, unable to provide or care for himself or his family (Kafka 3). Soon after we learn that Gregor works a low paying menial wage job as a traveling salesman (Kafka 4), Gregor’s lowly position presents him as the proletariat enveloped into...
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...Liberal capitalism was as well known and tried system in Great Britain during the 19th century. However, around the late 19th century a new system began to appear, communism. These two systems were quite different when it came to their political and economic views. This new system gave rise to some believing that maybe it was time for Great Britain to change their former system of liberal capitalism to one that is more communist in nature. Others believed it was better to leave the system as it was. To decide on which would be better for the country one must first look at the ideas that lay behind both liberal capitalism and communism. One had to delve into the core of both systems and discover not only the positive implications, but also the possible negative implications as well. The term liberal capitalism is one that was well known throughout Great Britain. It was a system based upon the individual. It was a system that was primarily driven by free enterprise and the existence of classes. The government had very little say in what the market was like; this was known as a free market. The primary view was that this was the best form of economic system due to the fact that the individuals themselves set the amount of production and the prices of those products. David Ricardo believed that the wages received naturally fluctuated to meet the minimum subsistence requirements for workers. As he stated, “The market price of labour is the price which is really paid for it” (“Ricardo...
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...Ana Flores HUM-101 September 2014 During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries there were several historical and cultural events that shaped human thought. Marx, Darwin, Freud, Nietzche, and Dostoevsky had to do with some of the events that shaped human thoughts in many ways. Marx published “The Communist Manifesto” this introduced his concept of socialism as a natural result of inherited conflict due to capitalism. Marx’s movement was known as the Young Hegelians, in which they criticized the political and cultural establishments during his time. Marx was constantly moving from country to country in Europe due to his writing. He believed that the he would completely remove capitalism for good by making the workingmen the ruling class of the world. In the twentieth century Darwin’s movement was associated with a theory of evolution. His theory was mainly focused on natural selection. Darwin believed that the biological laws affect all living beings and that this lead to a struggle for survival, with particular physical and mental capacities interfering with advantages to some individuals and not others. Darwin’s movement influenced scientifically but in a social aspect as well. Freud was a highly original thinker and was influenced by many things in his life. He lived in a different time from Darwin but believed his scientific theory could have been better. His thought had a strong impact on psychology. He wrote about sex, dreams, religion and many more...
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...This topic is just like debating that who is greatest — Jesus or Muhammad? Both of them have their respective specifications and they can’t be equated with each other. In an attempt to focus some greatest souls across the world, TopYaps lists top 10 famous people, better known for their unparalleled contribution in changing the course of world, the course of history. 10. Bill Gates: Bill Gates created his first computer program while still at high school, co-founded Microsoft in 1977, and by 1993 was the richest man on Earth. In 2000 Gates and his wife formed the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, which is the largest charity in the world. One of its aim is to exempt the Third World of polio and other deadly diseases. 9. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Martin Luther King was a Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of blacks in the Southern states of the United States. He was influenced by Gandhi and believed in peaceful protest. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. King was assassinated in 1968, but will always be remembered for his dignified, passive resistance to an unjust society. 8. Nelson Mandela: Nelson Mandela dedicated his life to the fight against apartheid – a policy which kept black and white South Africans apart and denied black citizens the vote. He was imprisoned in 1964 for his aggressive opposition to South Africa’s racist government and was held for 26 years. In 1990, after his release, Mandela was elected President of the African National...
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...Throughout history, there have been numerous socialist movements, but perhaps the most famous of these movements is communism. The figurehead of the communist movement is a man named Karl Marx, an outspoken leader in communist philosophy during the 1800’s. In 1848, he teamed up with his good friend Friedrich Engels to write what has become a classic example of political philosophy. In their book, the Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels describe the proletariat as the revolutionary class because they believed that the proletariat’s terrible conditions would inspire them to revolt, rather than beat them down into submission; Marx was misguided in this philosophy because proletariat revolutions never accomplish true, lasting change, instead it is when the bourgeoisie revolts that revolutions have positive and lasting results....
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...MARXISM Over 150 years ago Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote The Communist Manifesto. In The Communist Manifesto they were the first to give a thorough and scientific analysis of the laws and workings of capitalist society: why it results in the polarization of wealth and how it can be overthrown. In the last few years their ideas have been regaining popularity. At the end of 1999 Marx was voted the greatest thinker of the millennium in a BBC online poll. It is the economic crisis of capitalism internationally that has forced many to reassess their view of Marx. Capitalism is a cyclical system: crises can be caused by a number of factors, such as financial crashes or political unrest. Marx recognized that capitalism, despite all its abuses, played an important role in developing the productive forces and the world market. It was an advance from the feudal societies that preceded it. Today, capitalism has developed the world market and the wealth, science and technology have laid the foundations for a socialist society. Under capitalism, wealth and power have always been concentrated in the hands of the capitalists. And the development of technology is driven by the need for profit. The anarchy of the capitalist market always results in increasing wealth and power for a few but poverty for the many. Today the capitalists are a far wealthier and a far smaller class than they were in Marx's time. In the last 50 years the wealth gap between the richest 20% of humanity and...
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...In the late 1700’s and 1800’s several theories regarding the economy emerged. Some economic theorist such as Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels write about whats wrong with the economy and how they wanted to fix the economy. The eighteenth century thinker Adam Smith (1723 – 1790) is taken as a very useful example of liberal ideas. Adam Smith was both the explained and advocate of liberal capitalism, and the forerunner of the critique of capitalism. Smith believes that societies should be protected against the invasion of other societies meaning, societies should not be affected by other societies, and all citizens should have the same justice in every way. Smith thinks the motivation of improving your self work goes to the production of goods in a economic system. People want to improve their social status with improves the economy, the reason people work is to make money and money is the foundation to a stable government. Friedrich Engles and Karl Marx, they both believed in modern day communism and socialism. they both thought that the problem with society is that it was very hard to get a job wasn't like today with you give a application and they see if you qualify, back then very few jobs not a lot of shops to work at and even if a random person got a job witch is unlikely, the job would pay horribly; and when you don't have a job your poor, on the streets and starving. So at that point you either end up stealing money and food or you just die of hunger...
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...I have known [] in the capacity of his World History teacher for the last four years. I taught him first during GCE O Levels and I am currently teaching him in GCE A Level. He is easily one of the top few if not the top student that I have taught in my teaching career. [] is extremely driven and his thirst for knowledge takes him to unexpected shelves of college and other libraries around Lahore. I know this because he usually comes searching for me after these visits to discuss new ideas he has picked up or discuss subsequent book lists. He took five extra subjects at GCE O Levels and secured A*’s in all of them. Word History was one of these subjects and is usually taught only at GCE A Levels in Aitchison and at first, the school administration was reluctant to introduce it for GCE O Level students. [] decided to take the initiative to convince them that it would be a good idea and wrote an application to the headmaster detailing why the subject should be offered and then he went around convincing people in his batch to take up World History until there was a sufficient number of students to convince the administration. In class, he has demonstrated an ability to critically analyse historical events. He presents interesting arguments that are well thought out and incisive. His subject knowledge is not restricted to the syllabus. Last week, our class was having a general discussion on Bolshevism and Marxism. I was greatly impressed by his answers and arguments that he supported...
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...Karl Marx: A Man of Many Thoughts Karl Heinrich Marx was born into a wealthy in the Prussian Rhineland of Trier, Germany to Herschel Marx and Henrietta Pressburg. The German born philosopher, economist, historian, journalist and revolutionary socialist was born on May 5, 1818, later becoming a pioneer in the world of economics, focusing on the relationship between labor and capital(Wikipedia). Marx became interested in philosophy after studying the Young Hegelians at the University of Bonn and the University of Berlin (Wikipedia). Later he began associating with a few communist societies, where he would meet the person he would collaborate with from then on. Through his ever changing ideas and philosophies, Karl Marx has influenced Socialist as well as Communist, on his road to becoming one of history’s greatest minds. When Marx was developing as a young economist and historian much of his influence came from his connection he felt to Hegel and the Young Hegelians. Most of the Young Hegelians were instrumental in assisting Hegel by pushing him to further the most conservative implications of his work. Much of Marx’s significant advancements of this time of his life were the result of him trying to find his place in amongst Hegel and the other talented Young Hegelians like Ludwig Feuerbach, who thought to try and re-write the metaphysics Hegel and recently developed in the early 1840’s, critiquing Hegel’s doctrine of religion and the state, in the process. The works...
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...“What is a Precis” In his article, Karl Marx who is well known as a German philosopher, criticizes the position of alienation from the article “ Estranged Labor.” In a capitalist nation, Karl Marx discusses that when doing labor, alienation is a basic component which is required to control a physical presence. Evidently, Marx is different from other philosophers as he embraces to view man as a human being, as well as individual which is demonstrated in his article. Throughout Karl Marx’s text, the idea of alienation is consistently used and in his article, Karl introduces the four distinctive types of alienation. In his article, Karl Marx characterizes private property in which the capitalist society owns all resulting products, that are done by the laborers. When laborers are alienated from the products of their employment, this is known to be the first type of alienation, signifying that more the laborer yields, the fewer the laborer will have. The second type of alienation is when the workers are forced to do work and these workers are not satisfied. This means the workers are technically slaves to their owner. The third type of alienation that occurs in a capitalist society is when laborers are forced to work and are alienated from their bodies and human ability. Lastly, the fourth type of alienation is when the workers are alienated from having social contact with other workers in their work field. The importance of this article written by Karl Marx was to the show the basic...
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...Explain at least four of the ways in which More tries to reduce the work load for individuals in Utopia. What did he want Utopians to do in their spare time? Is More’s attitude about labor the same as Marx’s? Why or why not? When comparing Utopia by Sir Thomas More and The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, it is clearly noticeable that both take on different extremes while discussing common issues. For instance, Thomas More believes that idleness is unnecessary and that the workload shouldn’t be as burdensome, therefore he finds a way to lessen the workload by lessening the work hours for each day, creating gender specific occupations, emphasizing the importance of reason and intellectual exploration, and lastly through strategic punishment. Karl Marx on the other hand, believes that division of labor leads to the alienation of mankind. Both Utopia and The Communist Manifesto provide insight on a whirlwind of different beliefs all to come to the conclusion that the working class should not suffer. In Utopia people are not forced to work for unreasonable hours each day. The Utopian day is broken into twenty-four hours; Utopians only work for six hours per day (three before lunch and three after). Utopians also sleep on average about eight hours a day. This leaves them with a great deal of free time, which they are free to do with as they will, as long as they do not spend it in idleness. Most people use their free time to engage in intellectual...
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...Find out what the Communist Manifesto is. Learn the main ideas of each chapter of the Manifesto, and the points of communism's political platform. Read the lesson, then take a quiz to test your new knowledge. We also recommend watching Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels: The Communist Manifesto and Balcony Scene in Romeo and Juliet: Summary, Analysis & Quiz The Communist Manifesto The Communist Manifesto is a brief publication that declares the arguments and platform of the communist party. It was was written in 1847 by political theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, and was commissioned by the Communist League, a political party based in England. Summary The Communist Manifesto was published in 1848, and consists of a preamble and four chapters, which are summarized below: Bourgeois and Proletarians In this chapter, Marx famously states 'The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles'. The chapter lays out the position that the bourgeois, through competition and private ownership of land, are forever exploiting and oppressing the proletariat (working class). Marx then states that the system always results in class conflict and revolution, and should be replaced by communism -- a society without class distinctions. Proletarians and Communists This chapter explains the relationship between the communist party and other working parties, stating that the communist parties would not organize against them. The chapter also declares the...
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...KARL MARX (Reflection Paper) For me he was not that concerned about the feelings of those individuals with whom he came in contact. Karl Marx believed that a perfect society is one governed by communism and where religion was just a thing of the past. His theory stems from the negative qualities of capitalism where it sometimes seems as though the rich feeds off the hardship of the poor and his belief that religion’s chief purpose is to provide reasons for keeping things in society just the way the oppressors like them . No thinker in the 19th-century has perhaps had so direct, deliberate and powerful influence upon mankind as Karl Marx. The strength of his influence was unique. He completed the bulk of his work between 1844 and 1883, a period of democratic nationalism, trade unionism and revolution. Great popular leaders and political martyrs appeared upon the historical stage, their words stirring the enthusiasm of their audiences. Indeed, within Marx's lifetime, a new revolutionary tradition was born, and Marx's name would be forever associated with that tradition. Yet Marx was not a popular writer or orator. Like most Victorians, Marx wrote extensively. The Grundrisse, a work not published in Russian until 1941, or in English until 1973, is really little more than a series of preliminary notes Marx made in preparation for his three volume masterpiece, Das Kapital. The Grundrisse is a 900 page notebook. The three volumes of Das Kapital weigh in at 2500 pages, and the...
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