English 2200F/G Chapter : Week 5 - Marx & Engles Textbook Notes
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The german ideology karl marx & friedrich engels. A book that seeks to prove that economic and social forces shape human consciousness, this materialism was meant to displace the idealist view that, conversely, human consciousness shapes economic and social forces and forms. They based their interpretation of reality on dialectical materialism, believing that all change results from the constant conflict arising from the oppositions inherent in all ideas, movements, and events. They further argued that the internal tensions and contradictions in capitalism would lead inevitably to its demise. Marx and engels emphasize that we must study real men and women and real processes, not what has typically been said or thought by and about them. Priority of economics: the material system we produce actually produces our consciousness. Thinking together alters their thoughts mob mentality . The communist manifesto karl marx & friedrich engels. Recognized as one of the world"s most influential political manuscripts, the communist.