Friedrich Engels

born philosopher and sociologist, Karl Marx centralized his ideas around the flaws of capitalism. He published works like Capital, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts, and co-authored The Communist Manifesto, and The German Ideology along with Friedrich Engels. In these writings, Marx focuses on the breakdown of economic classes (such as wage laborers, capitalists, and land owners), and the necessities produced to survive (Appelrouth & Edles 2016: 28). Marx blames capitalism for alienating…

In the excerpt from Anti-Duhring, called Theoretical, through his historical materialism approach, Friedrich Engles explains that the capitalist mode of production has a fundamental contradiction and by using examples of social and economic struggles, he further validates his position for the basis of the contradiction. By examining these social and economical examples, Engles attempts to demonstrate that over time, capitalism will fail and socialism is the favorable choice. In his article,…

as the dominant group and women as the subordinate group. According to critical sociology, social problems and contradictions are created when dominant groups exploit or oppress subordinate groups and this agrees with the words of sociologist Friedrich Engels pointed out that “women are doubly exploited in capitalist society, both when they work outside the home and when they work home (Little ,…

their labor without sharing any labors equally. Hence, the exploitation occurs; it is what allows the owning classes to dominate and impose their ideology politically on the workers around the world (Garner and Hancock 2014). Furthermore, with Friedrich Engels, Marx claims that “A capitalist society is a society of class inequality, like most societies that preceded it in history” (2014:39). Indeed, the class of capitalists, which is also known as bourgeoisie, particularly enrages Marx. It is…

It is a series of political and economic theories stemming from Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, which revolve around three points of view. These points of view are technology, economics, and class. They depict a capitalist society with a “bourgeoisie” class, the ruling class and a “proletariat” class, the oppressed class. Marx believed…

The Enemies of the Western Way: A Communist and Fascist Perspective “The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win.” ( Marx, s.4). In Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels's revolutionary work, “ The Communist Manifesto” they speak of an egalitarian utopia in which the conflict between classes that was once the inherent cause of oppression transforms into the driving force for change (Marx, 3.2). The Manifesto paints a vivid picture of a constant battle between the…

in power and had the money. The third class was called the lumpenproletariat class also known as the “social scum” (p. 224). This class did not care about the advancement of the revolution. They did not even expect a revolution. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels referred to criminals as being social scums and a cancer to…

with some simple definitions of work, family, and gender as it reflects on the courses name. Work is defined by Hannah Arendt as “the construction of a stable world of things, which become the basis for action” (138). Family is referred to by Friedrich Engels as the connection of multiple individuals which make up a whole (734). Finally, gender is defined as being “an institution that is embedded in all of the social processes of everyday life and social organizations” (Risman, 430). As a way of…

moral constraint. Humans do not need the promise of salvation and the fear of damnation held over them to act ‘good’. “All religion….is nothing but the fantastic reflection in men’s minds of those external forces which control their daily lives” (Friedrich Engels, Anti-Dühring) Did religion or morality come first? This question is similar to which came first, the egg or the chicken? So say religion outlined morality but without morality present how was religion able to depict morality in the…

There has been a huge controversy on whether moving jobs and corporations overseas are in the best interest for the U.S. economy. The United States has always had one of the most competitive economies and workforce in the world. Many would argue that moving jobs overseas is beneficial for the United States because we can get away with hiring workers at very low wages, we do not have to give the employees benefits, there are not safety regulations that have to be fulfilled, and foreign taxes do…