“Marxists indeed advocated that the world should become Communist, but not by hostile takeover. Rather, they advocated a series of national revolutions around the globe which would allow the victorious workers ultimately to join together as one, abolishing the very idea of nationhood. (The
Root Causes of the American Revolution There are many different reasons as to why the American Revolution took place. One might argue that the British oppression upon the colonists triggered the Revolution itself through unjust tax laws, land restrictions, trade regulations and political and economic differences. However, one might also argue that the differences between the upper and lower aroused conflict and social unrest, which called for revolution in order for a strong unification between the rich and the poor. Schweikart and Allen’s A Patriot’s History of the United States and Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States discusses these two viewpoints as the root causes of the American Revolution. Although Zinn argues that the conflicts caused by the differentiating social classes in order to dissolve the class divisions was the main cause of the American Revolution, the “other side of the story” is told by Schweikart and Allen, as they reason that it was actually the British who unknowingly burdened the colonies with oppression, which brought about the revolution itself.
2. Developed a philosophy of economics called communism that had profound political implications. 3. Communism was a reaction against the industrial revolution deprivation of the rights and dignities of the working class. 4.
Truman is a real life drama created in each and every man’s life by the forces at work.Those forces , and their struggle for power which create human phenomena are what we are going to analyze from the Marxist perspective. It is important to start the analysis with the Marxist conception of history.According to Marxist Theory ‘cultural texts and practices must be analyzed to their historical conditions of production.’In this sense ,the historical setting of the Truman show is significant for understanding the ideology behind it. It is set in 1950s America where there were some positive developments in the way of life as well as racial conflicts.There was a growing increase in manufacturing and commercialisation as a vehicle of the consumerism .It was after all a time for the American Dream and a comfortable life was highly valued as a part of this dream. An answer to ‘How to you live a comfortable life? ‘were brought by the commercial industry .It helped to bring the productions to meet it’s consumers so that consumers constantly adjust and readjust their living to the standards of the popular culture.In order to keep up with the capitalistic culture people always needed to have more and more and better goods during the 1950s America.
He believes that this will ease the process of transformation, and end the constant oppression that is present. Lenin quotes Marx that following the revolution; there is “political transition period in which the state can be nothing but the revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat.” Lenin agrees with Marx and believes that the state in its current form is highly oppressive that that no matter what has been said or has been put on paper, men are inevitably unequal and that “democracy is always hemmed in by the narrow limits set by capitalist exploitation.” Lenin is angered by the fact the higher class (the bourgeoisie) have the utmost control and the working class (the proletariat) must follow their reign. This is when Lenin’s main argument is revealed: The proletariat must suppress the bourgeoisie immediately in order to “free humanity from wage slavery.” Lenin wants the “complete withering away of the state.” He believes that this will happen with the proletariat through the “dictatorship of the proletariat.” The majority of the society will
6. In what way/how does the Bourgeoisie produce its own "gravediggers"? -By pushing forth with modern industrialization the Bourgeoisie are making their own “gravediggers” because the Proletarian class wants change and will revolutionize against them and be victorious. 7. What is the relationship of the Communists to other working class parties?
They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win.” “How to be a good Communist” was written in China by one of the Communist Party members, Li Shaoqi. During the time this was written, Mao and his faction were competing against Jiang Jieshi, leader of the Nationalist party.
Now, when we know the definitions, we can look at the Marxism view of education. Marxists looks at the society from a conflict perspective. They argue this with saying that education operates as an ideological tool where they manipulating people to think in certain ways to legitimise exploitation by the ruling class and inequality. Louis Althusser (1945) said that education operates as an "ideological apparatus"; in other words this means brainwashing. This idea to schools, could be argued with that the hidden curriculum transmit norms and values, such as punctuality and respect which include authority and other cultural values, whilst free thoughts gives you punishment.
If we could say that there is a piece of literature that gave birth to the idea of socialism, it is the Communist Manifesto written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It is a very difficult book because of the language and the addition of concepts which happens continuously. Once I created the structure of concepts in my head, it was very moving, very emotional. It was not very long and that is why I could keep all the ideas in my head and get to the end. The main idea that the author is trying to make from the beginning is that human history is a story of economic relationships and this is what gives one man his position in the society, if the economic identity of people are removed, paradise can be created.
The concept of a classless society has been elaborated by Karl Marx, the father of Marxist philosophy which is the basis of the Communist ideology. As a member of a contemporary society under a democracy, my beliefs are rooted on a society made up of different classes. In order to get to a higher class of society, one has to work with sweat, and even blood. This idea has caused many revolutions because some who do not want the present structure of society want it to be restructured to suit the need of every individual. This essay is an attempt to discuss a classless society and to establish whether a classless society is attainable and sustainable in this century.