Materialism is the theory of understanding society and individual approach. In Frederick Engels paper, the capitalistic structure is explained, how it was created, how it influences society and what conflicts it brought. My paper is first going to talk about the historical materialism and establish what Engels meant by that. Afterword, this paper going to discus about the fundamental contradiction in capitalism. Furthermore, I am going to expend on that concept by applying it on two different quotes from Engels paper. In addition, the paper is going to conclude with what Engels envision of the ultimate outcome of the historical development of capitalism.
Engels established that historical materialism is a theory of philosophical approach …show more content…
This is the way of producing and exchange that relates to social conflict between workers and owners. It is systematic, they organize factories for efficiency. However, the extension of market cannot keep up with the consumption because mode of production has a conflict with the mode of profit. This results in the collapse of capitalists who join a big corporation to save themselves. When one part sustains and one part falls apart they join together with the outcome that there is no original owner; people who run the place are the once who manage the labor. The big question is, who are the owners? We are the owner of the corporations. We invest money to banks, that is the foundation and the …show more content…
There is a political and intellectual bankruptcy which reaches every ten years, it is locket in the “vicious circle”. contradiction became absurd because social production is not able to work together with social well-being. If they first become capitalist, which they very try to prevent, the reason for their unable cooperation is because capitalist form of production prevents the productive forces from working. The producers have nothing to consume because there are no buyers. The appropriation by society of the means of production puts an end to the artificial restraints on production existing today and to the positive waste and destruction of productive forces. at this point man cuts himself off from the animal world, and enters to the human
Engels established that historical materialism is a theory of philosophical approach …show more content…
This is the way of producing and exchange that relates to social conflict between workers and owners. It is systematic, they organize factories for efficiency. However, the extension of market cannot keep up with the consumption because mode of production has a conflict with the mode of profit. This results in the collapse of capitalists who join a big corporation to save themselves. When one part sustains and one part falls apart they join together with the outcome that there is no original owner; people who run the place are the once who manage the labor. The big question is, who are the owners? We are the owner of the corporations. We invest money to banks, that is the foundation and the …show more content…
There is a political and intellectual bankruptcy which reaches every ten years, it is locket in the “vicious circle”. contradiction became absurd because social production is not able to work together with social well-being. If they first become capitalist, which they very try to prevent, the reason for their unable cooperation is because capitalist form of production prevents the productive forces from working. The producers have nothing to consume because there are no buyers. The appropriation by society of the means of production puts an end to the artificial restraints on production existing today and to the positive waste and destruction of productive forces. at this point man cuts himself off from the animal world, and enters to the human