HREQ 3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Capital: Critique Of Political Economy, Commodification, Louis Auguste Blanqui

• School: York University
• Department: Human Rights and Equity Studies
• Course: HREQ 3010
• Professor: Paul Brienza

Document Summary

Modernity and capitalism: an introduction to the thought of karl marx. Born into a rabbinical jewish family in 19th century germany (born 1818) Anti-semitism was powerful and may have affected his family"s decision to convert to protestant christianity. Changed his course of study from law to philosophy. Overthrew the privilege of the noble classes and inaugurated the rise of the new dominant class the bourgeoisie. Revolution gave birth to socialism and communism. Shows the influence of hegel on the early development of marx. Importance of relationship between self and other the self is an other. Question is how the influence of other consciousness beings affect human beings. Hegel conceives a type of hobbesian scenario in which human beings struggle for existence. Known as the struggle to the death this is less of a physical struggle than a struggle for recognition.