Political Science 1020E Chapter Notes - Chapter 157-194: Vanguardism, Materialism, Mikhail Bakunin
15 Apr 2016
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Marx"s death - wwi = golden age of socialism. Concerned with the condition of the english working class. Partnered with marx; he wrote, marx thought. After marx"s death he reinterpreted his work and spoke on his behalf. Supported nationalism (workers of every nation should seek their own path to socialism. Socialism should be imposed by bene cent and all powerful state. Engel"s two important moves: called marxism scienti c socialism , reinterpreted materialism. Marx thought science was open to criticism, engel was not open to criticism. Marx thought natural laws governing humans and history were changeable, engel thought they were static. Dialectics: nature and society are one in the same (supported by engel) Marc was concerned with the way humans organize themselves to transform raw materials into useful objects. Engels thought that everything was reducible to matter and that regardless of what changes the matter undergoes, it remains the same. Thought marx"s work was outdated and needed to be revised.
