POL_S 333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bourgeoisie, Communist Society
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Marx"s critique on feuerbach: religion as result of alienation by social structure, only concerned with theory and not with practice. Marx"s view on the theory and practice relationship as implie din this definition: practical-critical activity. Feuerbach should be concerned with theory and practice (thesis 1) We must understand earthly contradictions at the basis of religion and remove them (thesis 4) Thinking is a form of activity (thesis 5) We must critique and change the world (thesis 11) Twisted hipbones of metalworker are a result of capitalism some would say its natural for a metalworker to be like that but actually it"s the few taking advantage of the weak to make that a norm. What does marx mean with the famous thesis 11 that philosophers have only interpreted the world but the task is to change it: theory and practice are equally important to change the world.
