1. Fascism
Marxist Perspective By looking at Marxism, it allows us to analyse what causes wars different to that of realism, though somewhat a similar analysis is used for realism. ... Marx's main analysis of the world viewed economic growth as a "motor of history" (Hobden and Wyn Jones, 2008, p.146). Marx proposed that the hostility that was created because of economic growth between the Bourgeois, who were the owners of the means of production, and the Proletariat, who were the working class could viewed as class conflict. ... I have now come to the conclusion that even though there are ...
Marxism is the political and economic theory of Carl Marx, a German socialist writer (1818-1883), on which communism is based. ... But still even if the classless society is still a far-off dream, we can endorse the Marxist analysis of the "class struggle"; we can see that the working classes should rise up against the exploitative capitalists to demand redistribution of wealth and the ownership of the means of production by the workers. ... On the other hand it can be argued that the Marxist analysis of the "class struggle" is outdated and unrealistic. ... It has been said that Marxism is und...
Third, Marxism is an economic theory. Marxism is based on the analysis of how the forces and relations of production work. ... Marx's analysis of how the capitalist system functions depends on the economic base, superstructure, and ideology. ... The economic base in any society gathers other social changes, called superstructure. ... In Marxist theory, all of these aspects of society are determined by the economic base. ...
Adam Smith's theory of economics established capitalism as the only moral economic system. ... While Smith's moral philosophy's emphasis on sympathy and his economic theory's emphasis on self-interest seem to clash, they don't. ... His analysis of capitalist economy and his theories of historical materialism, the class struggle, and surplus value have become the basis of modern socialist doctrine. Marx argued that the economic part of any society is the most fundamental aspect of that society. The social, cultural and political sectors of a society are driven by the ec...
While Marx's approaches his sociological, political, and economic framework from a materialist perspective, Nietzsche presents his philosophies on such subjects from a more vitalistic approach. ... Throughout Karl Marx's The Communist Manifesto, the sociologist discusses how the history of a society's economic structure will determine the contemporary societal conditions. ... While the economic structure of a society remains constant, society experiences political and social development. ... While Karl Marx see's history as an opportunity for man to transform from a stratif...
This implies awareness of its own historical and social situation, a rigorous analysis of the proposed field of study, the conditions which make the work necessary and those which make it possible, and the special function it intends to fulfill" (686). They say that their object is to "not to reflect upon what we 'want' (would like) to do, but upon what we are doing and what we can do, and this is impossible without an analysis of the present situation" (686). ... On the idea of film, they question what it is and they come to the thought that it is somewhat a "product, manufactured w...
To fully understand Lenin's analysis of freedom and state, it is important to realize that the basis of his philosophy derives directly from the works of Marx, especially The Communist Manifesto. ... Overall, it is this Marxian view of capitalist exploitation of the proletariat and the elitist concept of freedom under capitalism that Lenin adopts in his general analysis of freedom. As for his analysis of the state, Lenin also derives his basic concept of the nature of the state from Marx's Communist Manifesto. ... In Lenin's analysis of freedom and state, his definition of ...
Marx believed that for any current socio-economic system to exist, it must exist because of two variables; social class and history. ... This cause/effect analysis helps radical criminologists to understand if certain societies cultivate anti-social behaviors, and what kind of motivation to do so is involved? ... This being true crime should not be controlled through rehabilitation or focusing laws to general crimes, but to step back and objectively look at what socio-economic factors are contributing to the criminal behaviors and how society has produced these ills. ...
Whereas the proletariat's are one of the lowest economic classes in society, who possess no capital. ... Surplus labor creates surplus value and from Marx's analysis we learn surplus value is the source of all profit in a capitalist society. ...
The focus that I have selected for this short critical review is reading twelve from Marsh (1998 73:78) entitled Bourgeois and Proletarians: Marx's analysis of class relationships (1). ... Marx and Engels were also vague as to when such a revolution would occur and although the have provided sufficient evidence to show that capitalism is an unstable economic and social system questions must be raised over whether it is inevitable that capitalism will collapse and in the occurrence of such a collapse the result would be a communist society. ...