Kristina Fravica
Professor Cameron Johnston
AP/SOSC 1140
24 November 2017
Theoretical: Engels
In the excerpt from Anti-Dühring entitled “Theoretical” Engels takes an historical materialist approach. He indicates that the capitalist mode of production is fundamentally contradictory and from this he traces a series of social and economic conflicts that follow inevitably from this basic contradiction. In this paper, I will focus on Frederick Engels views on what historical materialism is and the contradictions in capitalism. This paper will also discuss the conflicts in the capitalist mode of production and lastly, will provide an explanation of Engels' vision as the ultimate outcome of the historical development of capitalism.
Throughout the reading, Engels references to a concept known as historical materialism, where one must analyze the means and forms of production within a society. That means of production are the basis of every social order. With an increase of manufacture and exchange, comes with the determination of how a society is established and how the various branches of social classes are formed. Although a social division is continuously present within a society, due to the …show more content…
One of them being “between the organization of production in the individual factory and the anarchy of production in society as a whole” (Engels, 299). In this quote, Engels discusses how the new mode of production influences our market. The simple commodity worker, working for the market does not know the supply and demands of the current market, nor the volumes of product from its competitor. The productivity of the market is in a constant state of fluctuation and there is no unified national market. Eventually, the mass of wage workers exceeds the average requirement of capital for labor. “It appears that the expansion of the market cannot keep pace with the expansion of the production” (Engels,
Professor Cameron Johnston
AP/SOSC 1140
24 November 2017
Theoretical: Engels
In the excerpt from Anti-Dühring entitled “Theoretical” Engels takes an historical materialist approach. He indicates that the capitalist mode of production is fundamentally contradictory and from this he traces a series of social and economic conflicts that follow inevitably from this basic contradiction. In this paper, I will focus on Frederick Engels views on what historical materialism is and the contradictions in capitalism. This paper will also discuss the conflicts in the capitalist mode of production and lastly, will provide an explanation of Engels' vision as the ultimate outcome of the historical development of capitalism.
Throughout the reading, Engels references to a concept known as historical materialism, where one must analyze the means and forms of production within a society. That means of production are the basis of every social order. With an increase of manufacture and exchange, comes with the determination of how a society is established and how the various branches of social classes are formed. Although a social division is continuously present within a society, due to the …show more content…
One of them being “between the organization of production in the individual factory and the anarchy of production in society as a whole” (Engels, 299). In this quote, Engels discusses how the new mode of production influences our market. The simple commodity worker, working for the market does not know the supply and demands of the current market, nor the volumes of product from its competitor. The productivity of the market is in a constant state of fluctuation and there is no unified national market. Eventually, the mass of wage workers exceeds the average requirement of capital for labor. “It appears that the expansion of the market cannot keep pace with the expansion of the production” (Engels,