It is therefore important to remember that whilst the concept of class was only recognised by mankind in the seventeenth century, its existence may be traced back to the origins of mankind. ... Before any useful debate as to the validity of 'class' can be achieved, it is necessary to summarise the various definitions of the word 'class'. ... The use of the single word 'class' therefore may describe legal or traditional rankings, social prestige or material inequalities, as well as revolutionary or conservative social forces. ...

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He saw "socialism- as being a pacific term veering more towards Utopian ideas, while "communism- was a more militant word, implying the revolutionary concept of the abolition of private property, echoed by the Parisian Commune back in 1793. ... Here Lenin further supports the idea that matter is primary, using origins of sensations as examples. ...

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According to The New American, Welch traced the origins of the conspiracy back the Illuminati, founded on May 1, 1776 by Adam Weishaupt. ... Welch said if they spread their word, they could surpass that amount, because he believe only five percent of the population were for Communism (Welch 83). ...

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In order to answer this question adequately it will be necessary to identify what the Marxist historians feel were the causes of the French Revolution. In doing so I will be able to deduce what factors of the causes can be related to a Marxist perspective. I will also look at and discuss the variou...

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Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf...in a word, oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to one another..." ... According to Anthony Giddens, "the expropriation of large numbers of peasants from their means of production - a process upon which Marx lays great stress in discussing the origins of capitalism - does not lead to the development of capitalist production, but instead to a system based on slavery, which eventually disintegrates from within" (Giddens, Capitalism, 1971: 29). ...

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To support my claim, I am using the reference of Wordsworth in his Preface to Lyrical Ballads when he states, "Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings; it takes its origin from emotions recollected in tranquillity" (Wordsworth 34). ... Bakhtin discusses these terms as "a word is always addressed to someone and anticipates, can generate, a response, anticipates an answer. ...

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"Save England before it blows up, like the springing of a mine" (Hillis-Miller 1998, 31) is the warning embedded in Charles Dickens's Bleak House, though it seems far from the time in which the novel was born. The 1850's saw the staging of the Great Exhibition, an event through which England could boast, according to the Times, "of that day when all ages and climes shall be gathered round the throne of the maker" (Schlicke, p48). Dickens was most certainly not to be found amongst this inertia of idol worship. For the novelist, the year was not one that should inspire celebration or s...

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