Karl Benz

Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle intends to expose the hardships and corruptions that occurred in America during the early 1900’s in industrial cities such as Chicago. Sinclair does this by creating fictional characters to represent the average working family in this time period, such as Jurgis Rudkus and his family, who are the main characters in the novel. Jurgis and his family experience many injustices after traveling from Lithuania to America and Sinclair uses these experiences to reveal…

It has been around for centuries. However, in the last few decades its effects on the stratification of socioeconomic classes has become more and more apparent. The divide between classes has been a topic of interest for many sociologists such as Karl Marx, who defined two distinct classes: the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. However, most sociologists deem this stratification oversimplified. This globally interconnected economy has been revealed to play a large role in the complexification of…

The teachings of Karl Marx and Marxism has always been my favorite theoretical perspective because it has been misunderstood over time. One of the best things about Marxism is that it stressed the importance of social equality and the issues that the system of capitalism created in society. Marx argued that capitalism was hindrance to freedom because only those who have money can really enjoy freedom. The Marxist theory in the simplest perspective is that “Marxism emphasizes the idea that…

Both Freud and Kosinski witnessed extreme human barbarity throughout their lives, and therefore, formulated their political theories off of their life experiences. Instinctually, they both postulate that human’s natural behavior is cruel and corrupted. Freud feels that religion is the ultimate illusion used to explain human nature and help cope with its consequences, while Kosinski feels that not even religion can mask the reality and horror one can experience in this life. Both Mill and Marx…

Karl Marx began a philosophical revolution. Although rejecting the legacy of philosophy completely, he spent his life developing a radical idea which focused on the material world and the economic forces which drive it. Central to his thought, is that our consciousness is determined by our material reality and that history proceeds from material change. Essentially, class struggle is the engine of history, and has been responsible for slavery, feudalism, and modern capitalism. Marx’s historical…

Karl Marx and Adam Smith are both economists with theories of capital accumulation. Karl Marx was a German doctor of Philosophy. Adam Smith who was a Scottish moral philosopher developed a similar theory. The theories differ in the way they perceive labor value. Smith’s theory has a clear argument on capital accumulation such as his explanation for unproductive/productive labor in comparison to Marx. Marx’s explanation of productive labor, critique of abstinence theory, exploitation, and the…

“The Ragnarök” (An Analysis of Karl Marx’ “The Communist Manifesto”) “Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Proletarians of all countries, unite!” Karl Marx “The Communist Manifesto” was a radical piece of literature that had little effect on Marx’ lifetime however, it sparked enormous change in the future. Within the piece Marx outlines the two major classes, the proletariat or working…

When the communists rose up against the bourgeois aristocracy, the new government preached against the evils of western social conventions which plagued other capitalist nations. They ridiculed the polluted image of the meek western female and raised up a powerful icon of the freed Bolshevik woman. To the rank and file Soviet political theorist, the October Revolution removed the diminutive status of the working class, ethnic minorities, and women. Furthermore, the establishment of the Soviet…

The June days uprising, a conflict of the working masses of France against the provincial government in which the provincial government defeated the rebels to bring order to the state. The liberals would win while quelling the social and democratic issues of the republic. Mark Traugott gives a very in-depth look at France, especially in the June days uprising of 1848, focusing on the forces of the repressors and the insurgents. He places the Mobile Guard and the National Workshop as the central…

classes that Karl Marx believes in. The social classes in Brave New World are the Alphas, Betas, Gammas, and Epsilons. However there is a difference in how many social classes there are compared to Marx’s beliefs. For example the social classes that Marx believes in are the Aristocracy, the Bourgeoisie, and the Proletariat. The social classes that Marx believes in and the classes in Brave New World are very similar as far as the roles that they play and their views on the world. Karl Marx was a…