SOAN 2112 Chapter : Karl Marx
26 Feb 2012
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marx whole-heartedlly reaffirms the legacy of the enlightment and french rev that comte hated. attempted to mobilize the proletariart o rise up and claim their place in society. based on an evolutionary point of departure struggle was the engine of progress. Social conflict was the core of social processes. Motivating force in history was the manner in which humans related to one another in their continuous struggle. we move from primitive to capitalism to socialism to communism. Through these stages it leads to the creation of protagonist classes. had a conception of the natural man man is infinitely perfectible, hes essential powers are unlimited in their capacity for development. Mans creative powers were repressedunder the social conditions of all classs societies, capitalism was depriving hum of his animal needs (air, food, sex). capitalist-industrial system reduced man to an animal laborans, a beast reduced to the strictest bodily needs.
