AN 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis, The Communist Manifesto, Antithesis
20 Sep 2016
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Marx (1848: capitalism- political economic system, evolutionary thinker b. i. It becomes an ideology when it is put into practices: marxism- ideology. None of the communist societies who practice marxism, and karl marx stated that he is not a believer in marxism. Thesis, antithesis, synthesis: thesis; class struggle b. i. Division of labor: gender and ages: antithesis c. i. Division of labor: gender, age, labor status: synthesis d. i. Division of labor: land ownership, class position: the synthesis becomes the thesis, mercantilism-antithesis f. i. Industrial->post industrial; synthesis->thesis: socialism (antithesis, communism (synthesis) i. i. Theory of human nature: base -> superstructure a. i. All factory workers share a materialistic idea b. i. 1. Communist countries today: the communists countries today are false a. i. China skipped four steps into reaching true communism (feudal-socialism on the chart) a. ii. Class position/ theory of human nature: two classes a. i. Bourgeoisie- 1% of the population: agency- capacity to act b. i. Children have a very little agency: made of production c. i.
