PHILOS 1E03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Proletariat, Bourgeoisie, Friedrich Engels
29 Mar 2017
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A german philosopher who founded marxist theory together with karl marx. After marx"s death, engels served as the foremost authority on marx and marxism. Created philosophical framework in which marx"s ideas could be understood. Outlines the conditions of the working class in britain at the time: was originally intended for a german audience. Outlines, with marx, a course of action nto bring about the overthrow of the bourgeoisie by the proletariat and establish a classless society. A source of demoralization among workers is their being condemned to work. As voluntary, productive activity = the highest enjoyment known to humans and thus is compulsory toil being the most cruel: compulsory toil = a degrading punishment. Nothing is worse than being constrained to do one same thing every day for hours on end without a will to do it. But, for how long can a human sustain such work: will there be a time where the man will retain these conditions? o.
