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
However, Engels’ theory supports the question, as it shows that people would do anything to ensure their wealth and power went to their children after their death. Another Marxist theory is that of Althusser. His theory is based on the Ideological State Apparatus. This is the theory, that the family is a tool, a tool to transmit bourgeoisie-corrupted values, which helps to ensure the family creates an efficient workforce, one that willingly obeys to any form of authority. However, this is contradicted by the theory of Lasch and Donzelot, the idea of fragmentation.
With Trotsky being on the extreme left and Bukharin on the extreme right an alliance between them was unthinkable, which created a struggle for power. Trotsky argued that the NEP was economically and ideologically misguided while Bukharin supported the NEP. Bukharin believed in socialism in one country while Trotsky believed that no socialist society could exist alone. Trotsky and Bukharin had the most authority while Kamenev and Zinovev lost their authority while changing their positions from the extreme right to the extreme left. Ideology was crucial to the alliances that formed following Lenin’s death.
Lenin was an oppressor not a liberator. To what extent do you agree with this interpretation of Lenin’s leadership? Lenin has gone down in history as the liberator of Russia from the out-dated Tsarist regime bringing Russia to what we know it as today. However many have been led to question whether he was the Liberator many have been led to believe. Lenin was exiled by Tsar Nicholas as an extremist and only made his way back to liberate Russia due to the First World War, in which he managed to sneak through the German frontline to help lead the Bolshevik uprising.
This is because firstly, it is not a new phenomenon, and secondly, ‘in principle of work of art has always been reproducible.’[1] He does however infer that reproduced artworks bear political significance and that human sense perception relates to history. Heightened by the requirement of large-scale production to meet supply demands of the war years in which he lived, Benjamin explores his conscience of class struggle. He does so by placing art in a social class narrative, suggesting changing art technologies create new social forms due to the ‘tremendous shattering of tradition.’[2] This is an element of Marxist substructure that, in turn, could eventually transform the superstructures of society commandeered by the bourgeois. His writings constitute the loss of the ‘aura’, a supposed emanation firmly tied to traditional works of art, which Benjamin asserts throughout his essay to be a prerequisite of authenticity and
In this essay, i will assess how Marxism was the main factor that influenced the Russian revolution. I will also discuss the other reasons for the cause of the revolution, and how they are linked to Marxism. Marxism is an economic and socio-political worldview and method of socioeconomic inquiry based upon a materialist interpretation of historical development, a dialectical view of social change, and an analysis of class-relations within society and their application in the analysis and critique of the development of capitalism. The Russian revolution was a response to repression and dissatisfaction under Tsar Nicholas II, and a political ideology (communism) responding to a need for change people were desperate for. This frantic poverty and gross inequality marked the Russian society.
Karl Marx co-wrote with Friedrich Engels The German Ideology and the Communist Manifesto. In these two books, Marx discusses his ideas on Revolution. Marx considers history as important to understanding how revolution can happened. He believes historical stages can be predicted because there are scientific laws that govern the progress of history. Marx believes he has discovered these laws.
Write an essay on young Marx with special reference to his concept of ‘alienation’ and ‘freedom’. “The philosophers have only interpreted the world; the point is to change it” - Karl Marx (Theses on Feuerbach, Thesis 11) Karl Marx is notably one of the most influential thinkers in the history of Western Political Philosophy who had a deep impact in guiding the contours of the modern world. Apart from his deeply philosophical early works, his later writings establish a link with contemporary philosophical debates, especially in the philosophy of history and the social sciences, and in moral and political philosophy. Karl Marx is known not only as a philosopher but also as a revolutionary communist, whose works inspired the foundation of many communist regimes in the twentieth century. In the context of Marx’s writings, scholars speak of two Marx: the young and the old.
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.
arxism is an economic and socio-political worldview that contains within it a political ideology for how to change and improve society by implementing socialism. Originally developed in the early to mid 19th century by two German émigrés living in Britain, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Marxism is based upon a materialist interpretation of history. Taking the idea that social change occurs because of the struggle between different classes within society who are under contradiction one against the other, the Marxist analysis leads to the conclusion that capitalism, the currently dominant form of economic management,