Marxism Essay

Marxism has been used to attempt to explain the capitalist conditions under apartheid in South Africa. Capitalism took the form of exploitation for profit under the oppressive apartheid system, as black labour was institutionalised as cheap, or rather, cheaper than white labor. Furthermore, the system ensured that black workers were only taught to serve their white masters, such as woodwork or gardening, while whites could receive education in any trade and thus receive higher wages. Racism is…

Huxley’s Brave New World "A Gramme is Always Better Than a Damn" (Huxley, 2006, p. 90) Aldous Huxley saw a fully aware and intelligent society the only way to obtain a government which would keep the people’s best interest a priority. In Brave New World it was clear the government had utter control of its people, which the government gained by supplying the population with Soma. Soma was a fictional recreational drug which caused euphoria, relaxation, and “an escape from… reality” (Hickman,…

of a united Russian consciousness that developed and strengthened internal affairs domestically, and rose as a national power on a global scale. The next of these three phases followed the Russian Revolution and served as a historical victory for Marxism and its practise. The Bolshevik Regime implemented various social and economic programs that stressed ideological development and the…

Professor Angello’s lectures and Tyson’s chapter on Marxism were very consumable. They helped me recognize and correct a lot of misinformation that I had been fed about Marxism, and it’s not hard to see why so much misinformation about Marxist theory would be present in the popular culture of a capitalist society. I really like that Marxist theory recognizes the way a literary body is both influenced by the culture it is produced in and influences the culture it is produced into. I never liked…

pondering over the aspects of life and government. Marx was an atheist, believing that there is no god. He theorized that the emphasis should be on the economy and the government, not the people. This theory is often called Communism, Socialism, or Marxism. Communism, founded by Marx, is the Socioeconomic system and theory that places…

director would then persecute his parents with the old demands” (950). Even though this assumption is not necessarily true, it still shows a general truth that working is what Gregor thinks is the most valued part of his existence, a common theme in Marxism. In addition, later in the novella, when Gregor has already been a bug for a couple of months his family all takes up jobs, with his father working at a bank, his mother “sew[ing] fine lingerie for a boutique” and his sister working as a…

Following the resolution of the Napoleonic wars, the Concert of Europe assembled, bringing together the most powerful monarchs on the continent to form an alliance of checks and balances to preserve the reign of old-world monarchy. Having been challenged by popular sovereignty and Napoleon Bonaparte, the Concert of Europe would try, and fail, to resist the popular nationalism and political liberalism suggested by the French revolutions of 1789 and 1830. In what would blossom into The People’s…

The research: The lens that I chose to do is called the Marxist lens. This lens is based on a theory that was initially introduced by Karl Marx. Marxism is a method of socioeconomics that shows the different levels in our modern society that we live in. The different classes are: “lower class, lower middle class, middle class, upper middle class, lower high class, and upper high class”. Karl Marx perceived that there is always a constant struggle between the classes. There seems to be constant…

What defines a great decade? The 1970’s, according to some people, could possibly be named as “one of the best decades” of their lives. During the 1970’s, audiences around the world were able to experience the very first Star Wars film on May 25, 1977, the Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, disco became very popular in the late 70’s, the Concorde’s first flight took place on January 21, 1976, in London towards its descent to Paris, France, and summer became the “blockbuster” season for…

Charlotte Perkins Gilman weaves into her story, “The Yellow Wallpaper” the lineage of the subjugation of women inherited via the slow, relentless process of disenfranchisement and marital subjugation, and delivered by the hidden hand of paternalism. The narrator experiences her life much as a nesting doll, immobile: a mind trapped in a woman, a woman trapped in a marriage room, womankind trapped by the institutions which they have no power to control, yet are complicit in maintaining. Engels,…