and his theory of history
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KarlMarx
And his Theory of History
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Why Study Marx? Relevance? Influence? Communist States
China Vietnam North Korea Cuba
Ideology of the Enemy (Cold War)
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Economic
DeterminismMoney or lack of money determines
Where you live Where you go to school Who your friends are Who you will fall in love with
Who you will marryNo free will. No choice.
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View of HistoryHistory is objective
Can be measured, scientifically EXAMPLE: Peasants & Price of Bread
Future is predictable History has laws or rules History progresses in stages
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What Makes
History Go?Historical Dialectic = engine of historyEach stage has an unresolvedcontradiction
Thesis vs. AntithesisTHESIS = status quo
(of social-economic relationships)
ANTITHESIS = possible futureSYNTHESIS = resolution of contradiction
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History = Story of
Class StrugglesClass = defined by relationship to MOPMOP = means of production
Generates the goods of society Owned or controlled by the Haves Worked by the Have-Nots (powerless)
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Stage 2Feudalism
Haves own private property (nobles) Have-nots work land (peasants/serfs)
MOP = landThesis = status based on landAntithesis = status based on money
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Stage 3Capitalism
Haves bourgeoisie (industrialists) Have-nots proletariat (workers)
MOP = factories, factory machinesThesis = wealth for the fewAntithesis = equal distribution of wealthWages decrease & conditions worsen
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Stage 5Communism (final stage)
Socialism worldwide Government withers away NO Haves NO Have-nots
All contradictions resolvedHuman beings are truly free
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From each according
to his ability, to eachaccording to his need.
Louis Blanc
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