PHIL 1062 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Proletariat, Class Conflict, Bourgeoisie
Document Summary
Bourgeois and proletarians: the history of all existing societies= class struggle. Fight is constant, sometimes hidden sometimes open. Fight ends either in reconstitution of society or in common ruing for both classes. Today: bourgeoisie and proletariat: bourgeoisie developed and pushed back every other class. Each step in the development of the bourgeoisie was accompanied by a corresponding political advance of that class p. 2. 3. for the purpose of exploitation, the b. has stripped of its halo every occupation p. 2. Has shown what man activity can bring about: universal interdependence of nations . To exist: b. needs to continuously revolutionize the instruments of production=relations of production=relations of society. To exist: need to nestle everywhere, settle everywhere, establish connexions everywhere p. 3. Find new wants to satisfy them need to import from others. 5. therefore: creates a world after its own image .