Karl Hanke

When Marx published his Communist Manifesto, the wealthy capitalists that owned means of production exploited working class by low-wages and inhumane working conditions. Whatever they produced, such as textiles, coal and iron were virtual necessities for even these workers and boycotting these products were practically impossible. One couldn’t go running around naked or spend Winters without any heating. Nowadays, it’s different. Thanks to capitalism and technological innovation, standard of…

everybody so that irrespective of what the individual has contributed, the person receives from the society as much as he/she needs. Similarly, Edmond Ugoh in his book, Agenda of Communism, argues that communism allows the weak that are not able to contribute much – even when they have put in their best, to have more than they are able to contribute if what they need is more than what they are able to contribute. This ideology is said to be utopia and it has only “existed under authoritarian…

The Sociological Hand to Communism in Black and White Society is obsessed with perfecting the world. From photoshopping beauty to creating robots to work for free, all of humanity is devoted and desperate to create a Utopia. They go to drastic measures to erase any trace of human imperfection and difference. In The Giver, the reader explores the Utopian state created by author, Lois Lowry. In this state there is not a trace of fear, pain, war, or hatred. There is no competition for social status…

Welfarism The word ‘welfarism’ as a midway between capitalism and socialism is said to have been “coined by the British economist John Hicks, and introduced into contemporary debate about social justice by Amartya Sen; and connotes that the distribution of economic goods is evaluated by the effect it has on the welfare of the persons concerned” (Web 29/03/2017). In a similar way, Omoregbe in his book, Social – Political Philosophy, states that “welfarism as a ‘midway’ between capitalism and…

Andrew Carnegie published his essay The Gospel of Wealth to fight for a change in capitalist world. He thinks that individual capitalist’s duty is to play a role in social and cultural influence, to improve the world. In his essay Carnegie mentions, “the duty of the man of wealth: first, to set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or extravagance” (The Gospel). Carnegie is saying that wealthy men need to be an example to everyone else. They need to act professional and…

Capitalism the economic and political structure in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state itself (Oxford English Dictionary, 2017). Capitalism is extremely present in the work “Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street” by Herman Melville. Capitalism is present in sense that the story takes place on Wall Street. The take away of Wall Street and capitalism is that hard work reaps benefits in the form of monetary and respect…

Theory-Driven Analysis The Marxism theory is essential to understand political and economic statue. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels expanded upon the theory of Marxism. The political and economic theories of Marx and Engels was later developed by their followers to form the basis for the practices of communism. However, the Marxism theory also applies to literature context. The Color Master demonstrates several examples of Marxism throughout the story. The Color Master, provides a perfect…

Bushy Mustache When people think about Karl Marx, they think about a mustache-twirling villain, but Marx’s mustache was too bushy to twirl. Marx is commonly misconstrued as a villain when in reality he was just a man who shared his thoughts. Karl Marx caused a paradigm shift in the way people think about the social economic structure of the world, created and led the communist revolutions and indirectly led some of the most influential revolutions in history. Karl Marx changed the way people…

How does Marxism Approach being used in Literature? Aims to bring about a classless society, Marxism, as a materialist philosophy, tries to explain things without assuming supernatural power’s existence, and sees the struggle between the powers of varied social classes. The nature of literature is influenced by the circumstances in which it is produced. When Marxism Approaches is used in Literature, the historical truth may not be shown; however, the underlying ideology can be revealed. Class…

he division of labour.the core concept of the wealth of nations in which Smith used Malthusian idea of over population, smith say that increasing production leads to increase in wages, believed free economy and perfect competition in which price is determined by invisible hand. Adam Smiths theory of development is believable as classical theory in which some of basic feature are, Classical view given on the basis of economic liberalism,they believed in personel liberty,private…