PHIL 2923 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Labour Power, Productive Forces
1 Jun 2016
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Handout 13: karl marx (1818-83): beyond the political state: introduction. Two versions: overcoming alienation by transforming the way we understand the world (hegel), overcoming alienation by transforming the world (marx), the centerpiece of marx"s thought: the materialist theory of history. Two possible explanations: self-realization tied to control over your environment, more highly developed productive forces allow individuals to get more of whatever they might want. 1. 2 the central thesis: the material conditions of existence are the driving force of history. Historical change is driven by the economic basis, not by the superstructure. Two aspects: specific productive forces call for (or at least favour) a specific division of labour. (compare hammer and nails vs. heavy machinery. , this division of labour favours certain relations of control. 1. 5 human history as a succession of modes of production (= combination of productive forces + relations of production). 1. 6 the motor of progress (see preface to the critique of political economy).
