Weber Karl Marx and Max Weber, both social scientists, devoted much of their work to the defining of capitalism through understanding its creation, causes, workings, and destiny. ... He believed that each phase of history was defined by and ultimately driven by the dominate mode of production of the time. ... This revolution is caused by the dramatic consolidation of wealth by the bourgeoisie, which causes the exploitation of the working class. " A forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions" will take place and a new Communist state will be instated (Marx, 500). The main principle ...

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According to Stephens et al. (1998, p. 205), "The argument that education in capitalist society is a tool of ruling-class ideology underpins Marxist theory." ... Any notion that intelligence alone determines the success of an individual would be challenged by marxism by claiming that it is purely an ideological belief. ... Further, as noted by Stephens et al., a number of feminists champion the idea that men should be "...kept out of women's affairs" and are "...suspicious of so-called science, which they regard as male-defined and male-benefiting knowledge" (1998, p. 156). ...

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It appears that the Diet's lower house was little other than a constitutional nicety, its wings easily clipped by the conservative elements in Japanese politics – the structural makeup as defined by the Meiji constitution made it so. ... What can be seen as a driving force in the progression of political thought in 1920's Japan were the currents of liberal, individualist, rights-based ideology that had sprung from recourse to both Western philosophy and more traditional Japanese ideas of disobedience and resistance to authority. ...

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Marx imagined primeval communist societies in which all resources were owned jointly by the members of the community, a social organisation to which he longed for a putative return. ... Marx calls all these "superstructure," which he defines as those "whose main role it is to contain or provide a controlled release for the deep, bitter tensions that arise from the clash between the powerful and the powerless" (136)*. Marx saw religion as part of the mitigating complex called "ideology," embodying "the natural inclination of those who benefit from injustice to show why the circumstance that cre...

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