Karl Marx's View Of Politics

Politics is the study of how people make decisions in a group and by what means this is achieved. Some political scientists see politics in the same light as one would see a natural science, due to observable and measurable features when conducting research. Many theorists throughout history periods have tried to quantify and explain relationships with each other. This essay will argue that politics is can be to make scientific statements. This can be illustrated through the following, neutrality, empiricism, positivism and ideology.
Neutrality is key when it comes to taking part in any form of research. The political thinker Charles Taylor states, political think states 'Scientific findings are held to be neutral: that is, the facts as …show more content…
He claimed the history of mankind was all part of a long cycle, at each stage mankind would progress to newer/better phase. The stages he outlined are as follows- Early Communism, Slavery, Feudalism, Capitalism, Post-Capitalist age or Communism. Each phase was seen as period of progress which Marx interpreted to mean that human progress was scientific in nature. Marx 's arguments are fundamentally down to ideology. On the other side of the argument, it could be suggested that humans are now in a post-ideological era as discussed by Francis Fukuyama in his book 'The End of History ' in which he claims society has passed ideology which would make Marx 's theories redundant and all scientific thought in Politics would no longer be required, which can be put down to Marx 's ideas being merely ideologically based. Furthermore the final stages of Marx 's theory has not taken place yet which implies his theory will not be completed. However Marx 's process of history has evidently taken place to varying degrees, which would indicate that Marx 's ideas do show that the political relationship is scientific as we have and the process has not been completed yet so cannot be disproven. Additionally the following quote highlights another explanation which Marx issues; 'this account of society becomes a theory of human nature a theory, of how man makes social change and is made by it …show more content…
After taking into consideration the points put forward in the essay, it has to be stated that one can make scientific statements about political and social relationships. This can be supported when taking into account research through empiricism, ideology through social progress, neutrality and its identical relationship with both sciences. Given the fact that politics should be regarded as a scientific field. The study of politics as a science is required in today 's day and age because it gives people a wider understanding of the world around them. This allows policy makers to try to improve society based on scientific data received otherwise society would be a very difficult to