Post-production

Entrepreneurial confidence can be described as the believe in one’s ability and capacity to effectively organize and coordinate various processes comprising of a combination of both tangible and intangible factors in such a way that allows for meaningful outputs and from which the initiator or individual can generate a sensible income or return (Botham & Graves, 2009; Shane, 2000). It denotes a sense of direction and will; which having identified various risk and impediments as to the successful…

materialism proclaims that production and exchange are and forever will be the catalyst for political and social evolution. Throughout this essay, I will be focusing directly on the chapter “Theoretical” and provide further insight on Engels idea regarding the contradicting capitalist system, conflicts pertaining to the capitalist production with the use of quotes and conclude explaining the…

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…

The Industrial Revolution was a time period between the 1800s and the 1900s where there was many new inventions and ideas. During the Industrial Revolution factories started to be more popular all over the United States. Also, new types of transportation like the steamships, trains and automobiles brought safer and faster traveling. The Industrial Revolution was a time that encouraged change, but that change was not always a good one. The period of rapid industrial growth during the 1800s and…

The term ‘Cultural Hegemony’ was originally founded and attributed to Antonio Gramsci. Antonio Gramsci was a 1920’s leading Italian Marxist theoretician and politician who however did not agree with the Marxist view. He used the concept to ‘address the relation between culture and power under capitalism’ (Lears 1985). Gramsci gave no pinpoint or specific definition of cultural hegemony but it can be rreferred to as the domination of the cultural society by the ruling class through ideological…

Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud came from two different eras as well as two different modes of thinking. At first, Marx and Freud to be taken together in academic field seem to be inappropriate. Marx concerns himself to the society, on how to free man from the alienation brought about by the capitalism. Freud concerns himself on the workings of the mind on the root cause of why man is acting this way and that way. The endeavor to put the two different fields of study in a nutshell and put them in…

Marx explained in chapter one what a commodity was and the difference between exchange value and use value. A commodity is used to in order exchange for another commodity, therefore keeping trade and the labor force alive. As Marx would say “A means to an end”. Marx says “commodities must be realized as values before they can be realized as use values” (179) which further supports his point. Then they split off into either use value or exchange value which separate the commodities. One must…

Greed and Ambition Essay A society exists where two different types of species live together. Both species look the same and live the same yet have different opinions which separate them apart. In this society there can only be one ruler and not all will be on board with their opinions. The one ruler can choose their way of ruling either helping all species live in harmony or only believing their opinion causing disagreement and an unbalanced society. Similar to the society politics appears the…

In early1848, German intellectuals by the name of Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels planned for a proletarian revolution against the prevailing socio-economic gain in Europe, which they both viewed it as corrupt and in disarray. The Communist Manifesto was written by both Marx and Engels; however Marx is the primary author. Karl Marx obtained his education in law and philosophy. After receiving his degree, he realized he no longer could continue with German education and turned his focus to…

Theoretical by Engels highlights various terms and arguments against the capitalist system. Engels starts off by introducing the idea of Historical materialism. In historical materialism one studies the means and forms of material production within society. It is production and exchange of products that determines how a society is formed and how class is divided. Distribution guarantees whether poverty will exist and whether the rich will get richer. Engels also argues that capitalism is…