SOCI 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Montesquieu, The Communist Manifesto, Comfort Object
3 Dec 2016
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In the german ideology, marx spends a lot of time criticizing the german ideology which is german philosophy which he thinks is too abstract and silly. For marx, a state can only be something which is based on class power. Class is first therefore states with different characters thereafter. Famous expression no state can float in thin air. it must represent a social class. Evil comes from the exploitation of one class by another class. If there is another source of evil; the state power, then he becomes max weber instead of karl marx. Crucial text to understand marx talking about social class: communist manifesto. There is no clear passage where he ties the two together even though he wants to tie them together. Comment of the prof: marx imagines the poorest and the weakest will be so fed up they will organize and fight back.
