In the “Discourse on the origin of human inequality”, Rousseau argues that social inequality is caused by the competitions that originated from individualism, through which people only pursue self-interest and put equality in danger. Rousseau believes that the state of nature does not have much inequality, which is worsened along with the development of human civilization and political institutions and leaves a greater gap between the rich and the poor. According to Rousseau, when human…
Based on Marx’s concepts in Marxist criticisms written in the theoretical framework above, the Marxism of the necklace will be analyzed. 3.1 Economic Power in “The Necklace” “The Necklace” short story gives us clear image about society in which the distribution of goods are unfair. Mathilde described as a woman who has no skill or even commodity to sell for. She has only beautiful face and appearance that she uses to attract her husband who has similar status to her. She has no access to join…
revolution was the transition from hand production methods to machine. This revolution, which happened at the 19th century in the Great Britain, has affected every single aspect of peoples’ everyday lives directly or indirectly. The industrial revolution promotes industrialization and it led to the creation of factories. The creation of factory, which was promoted by industrial revolution, improved the manufacturing process, and the improvements means that production was increased as the effect…
THEME 1 HOW IMPORTANT IS ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE ECONOMY OF THE COUNTRY? An entrepreneur is someone who is creative and innovative and is able to identify a business opportunity or gap in the market. An entrepreneur is also willing to take a risk in starting up business and is therefore a risk taker. They have belief in themselves that the opportunity that they identified can become real through hard work and commitment. They are prepared to back their business with…
From the production of fear to advance capital gain as described by Naomi Kline’s work, Mills explains how the notion of capitalism describes the modern man. His classification is the homo Oecnomicus, a form of human who only looks out for himself at the expense of everyone else to reach ultimate gain. In that sense, the creation of the other to maintain the production line of labor as later argued through Marx, reflects the dehumanization and exploitation of the worker. Such belief and…
During the 19th century, Europe was riding a wave of innovations. Everything was beginning to become automated; communication, production, and most importantly travel. The development of railway systems allowed for everyday people to travel at rates that were previously unthinkable. What would have been a six month journey across countries could now be completed in a matter of weeks. While the volume of travelers increased, so did Europe’s interests in other countries. Documenting the rest of…
during the course of history people have changed the manufacturing process dramatically. Instead of items being produced by hand, the owners of the facilities created ways to have machines produce the items ("Thomas net." ). Manufacturing changes in production. By the 19th century, Europeans gun technology had improved dramatically, especially with the introduction of the maxim gun. Hiram Stevens invented the maxim gun when he was in Paris…
In the world of economics, the scenario is always given with the following words, “with all things being equal”. There is nothing equal about one man owning another man. It is a false connotation when it comes to labour power and how it was conceived. Those who loathed for power, craved it, and aspired to beat everyone else with the same goal became extremely rich. Those who only wanted to get by, with food in their stomachs and a roof over their heads became poorer. The fine line between the…
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION NEWSPAPER Anas Eisa October 1890 Changes Coming To England!! By: Man living at the city The industrial revolution was the shift in the way products were produced. The people started using machines and iron materials instead of their hands to produce products faster and easier at the factories. They use it to make there life easier and to make profit of the machines, that means that they are building them in their houses and selling them to other people. The…
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,…