Karl Hanke

The rise of industrialization at the end of the 19th century could be perceived two different ways. Although large scale capitalists had managed to create a boom within the American economy by creating Monopolies that made the capitalists wealthy beyond measure, the view of the general public was fearful. For it was the working class man that truly felt the harsh conditions they were subject to across all industries. In the gilded age, Chicago meatpacking company was the standard for how raw…

In Suzanne Collins ' The Hunger Games, the Capitol serves as the nation of Panem 's government. By instituting a division of power, demonstrating their power, and establishing a police force, The Capitol 's ideals of a utopia became corrupt and, as a result, were transformed into an oppressive system of government. The Capitol, like most totalitarian governments, initially had pure intentions and wanted nothing more than to see their citizens prosper and flourish under their rule. It was only…

Capitalism has become the dominant economic system after the fall of the Soviet Union and its communist government. This has led to capitalism becoming engrained into our society as something that should not be questioned. Time after time, capitalism is seen as the good guy, as something to fight for. The Cold War was not just against communism but it was also for capitalism. The Cold War can be seen as a pro-capitalist fight against the supposed evil of communism. Although the Soviet Union did…

Marxism is a social, economic, and political philosophy founded by the philosopher Karl Marx. Marxism is a theory in which Marx introduces the breakdown of capitalism and replace it with communism. Marx combined different elements from different philosophers to come up with the concept of Marxism. He used Hegel’s dialectic process. From Feuerbach’s, he concluded that material conditions of life controls reality. Saint-Simson thought him how to observe a relationship of the landowner and the…

history.” Yes that is correct, but why? Society is the way it is today because of influential beliefs, and philosophers who portrayed and evolved these beliefs. Of these philosophers, the ones being studied are Niccolo Machiavelli, John Locke, and Karl Marx. While Machiavelli believed that the kings and monarchs should have all control over the people, Locke and Marx believed in the opposite. Locke and Marx believed in human reason, while Machiavelli did not. This is the major difference between…

Capitalism is an economic system based on market exchange. Usually, in capitalism, people are hired to make a profit by marketing the goods and services they make. Capitalism is the reason the entire world is brought into one system and I consider it to be the most effective system. In capitalism, a product is dominated by the capitalist, and thus making the goods be a part of social production rather than an individual appropriation. (Engels, 99) Social order is greatly influenced by the…

the idea of modern developments. Durkheim and Marx are the two founders that had vesting variations of how they respectively explained the idea of the modern development. Emile Durkheim believed in the idea of social cohesion to help develop while Karl Marx believed in capitalism and division as the driving force of development. Though these two had vast differences in the way they taught development in the end they both agreed that it was based on society. Emile Durkheim born in 1858 in…

In the writing of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, a corrupt society that is based off of greed and self-centeredness is outlined. In this society, a class system that clearly affects how a community is governed is laid out. The political system is designed in a way that serves the leaders when it comes to industry and productivity. Marx goes in great depth, explaining the “exploitation of one part of society by the other” (16). The people of the society are simply means of production and hold no…

Everyone sees the world differently. With this, it means that every aspect of the social world will differ depending on the person. There are many ways to view the world. Some chose to see it in a positive light, while other believe perceive it in a negative manner. Sociologist like Durkheim, Weber, and Marx all viewed the social world in a different way. Durkheim believed that society functioned, while Marx views saw the opposite. Marx (1996) viewed the world as a history of class struggle (1),…

Alienation is defined as “the transformation of people’s own labor into a power which rules them as if by a kind of natural or supra-human law” ("Marxism & Alienation"). This idea was developed by Marx in his 1844 Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts. He believes there are five dimensions and three sources of alienation which in commodities have powers to govern the activity of human beings. The first aspect of alienation is the product itself. This allows the capitalist to generate…