Karl Marx is a social, political and an economic philosophy. He gave us a theory of society where he explained of how society works and how history has unfolded. His theory was later on referred to as Marxism. Marxism is therefore defined as the scientific theory of human societies and transforming them. (Oxford Dictionary. 2009) He added on to say that Marxism has to deliver is the story of the struggles of men and women to free themselves from certain forms of exploitation and oppression. (Characteristics of Marxism. 2011) I also define Marxism in an economic and social manner as it is based upon the political as well as the economic theories.
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Capitalism is the system that exists everywhere in the country where the means of producing or distributing goods are owned by the small minority of people. The capitalism magazine defines capitalism as a social system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which all property is privately owned. (Capitalism. 2013). The magazine continues to explain that under capitalism the state is separated from economics (production and trade), just like the state is separated from …show more content…
2008) is a tragic satire of humankind immersed in war, although war is barely mentioned. The title of the play on its own questions a lot of readers. From reading the book, ‘Madmen and Specialists’, I referred the ‘madmen’ as the mendicants and the ‘specialists’ as the male Bero’s. However, arguments arise out of distinguishing the topic as we do so in many different ways. On the other hand, (Falola and Genova. 2005: 48) analyses the title of the play in her own point of view. She believes that the word ‘madmen’ is not used in a generic sense to denote males and females who are mad or insane, “It referred to all the characters in the play because they are the actors in this theatre of war” (Falola and Genova. 2005: 48). They continue to state that Old man, Dr. Bero and the mendicants constitute the madmen while Si Bero and the two old women are the
The Encarta Reference Library defines Marxism as “a theory in which class struggle is a central …show more content…
Capitalism is the system that exists everywhere in the country where the means of producing or distributing goods are owned by the small minority of people. The capitalism magazine defines capitalism as a social system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which all property is privately owned. (Capitalism. 2013). The magazine continues to explain that under capitalism the state is separated from economics (production and trade), just like the state is separated from …show more content…
2008) is a tragic satire of humankind immersed in war, although war is barely mentioned. The title of the play on its own questions a lot of readers. From reading the book, ‘Madmen and Specialists’, I referred the ‘madmen’ as the mendicants and the ‘specialists’ as the male Bero’s. However, arguments arise out of distinguishing the topic as we do so in many different ways. On the other hand, (Falola and Genova. 2005: 48) analyses the title of the play in her own point of view. She believes that the word ‘madmen’ is not used in a generic sense to denote males and females who are mad or insane, “It referred to all the characters in the play because they are the actors in this theatre of war” (Falola and Genova. 2005: 48). They continue to state that Old man, Dr. Bero and the mendicants constitute the madmen while Si Bero and the two old women are the