Philosophy 1020 Lecture Notes - Industrial Revolution, Bourgeoisie, Free Education
31 Jul 2012
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German born, educated in bonn and berlin. Went to paris, brussels and finally to england. Wrote on subjects of politics, sociology, history and economics. Lived and died in poverty yet in 1999 was voted greatest thinker of millennium: the extent of communism. No communist society has ever been successful. Have any of these societies actually fulfilled the criteria that marx sets out: marx"s political theory, three classes. Marx breaks society into 3 classes: bourgeoisie (those who have money and own the means of production: factories, farms, etc. , proletariat (those who make up the working class, aristocracy (those who are off hunting and playing polo) Marx"s theory revolves around relationship between bourgeoisie and proletariat: class warfare. The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. This is usually a struggle between those who have material goods and power and those who do not.
