ENGL 65FM Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: The Communist Manifesto
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History does nothing, it (cid:518)possesses no immense wealth(cid:523), it (cid:518)wages no battles(cid:519). It is man, real, living man who does all that, who possesses and (hagel) They themselves begin to distinguish themselves from animals as soon as they begin to produce their means of subsistence, a step which is conditioned by their physical organisation. By producing their means of subsistence men are indirectly producing their actual material life. Marx-(cid:523)division of labor(cid:523)-there is an inconsistency in how people replenish/reproduce. The emphasis is on the natural aspect of human being-lost. Marx is constantly emphasizing the vitality of what he think is the real spark that all people have. 2 labor itself as a part of his life; it is rather a sacrifice of his life. It is a commodity that he has auctioned off to another(cid:523) Always have the struggle on who is going to control the process of reproducing the life world.
