Karl Landsteiner

Capitalism, for decade’s historians basically fell into one of two camps. One either followed the concept of enlightened self-interest put forth by Adam Smith, or the Karl Marx’s cycle of production and exploitation. Either way, the history of capitalism was thought to be a settled issue. A system that could be universally explained by looking at one theory or the other, but above all it was profit based, mechanical, and boring. However, in the past decade there has been a shift in the way…

I think the answer is no. First you must look at the differences between the history of Chinese Marxism and what Karl Marx believed. Karl Marx described the Communist Revolution in the Communist Manifesto as: At first it is a struggle of individual workers; then of the workers in one factory; then of the workers of the same trade in one locality against the capitalist who directly…

Part A: Boyer’s (1998) article argues that the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx is only relevant within the historical context of the 1840s, and not in any other decade of the 19th century. Boyer (1998) then agues that the primary thesis of this argument is that Marx wrote this document during the “hungry” 1840s, which defines a unique period of economic collapse as a timeframe in which communism was an increasingly common idea in the development of European political ideologies (151). More so,…

changes that we have gone through as a society. The issues discussed in Weber’s and Marx’s class theories; DuBois’ theories about race and Durkheim 's theories on society and labor are the basis on which many of today’s ideologies are derived. Karl Marx was a class theorist and theorized about class struggles and the ideal class society. He also had theories about the construction of society and the interaction between the wealthy and working classes which he called the bourgeoisie and the…

motives behind the behavior of all parties involved. The events in Ferguson, because of their complicated and, in many ways, unresolved nature can be endlessly analyzed as everyone attempts to find their own answers to the motives behind the riots. Karl Marx would, unsurprisingly, view the Ferguson riots as a class issue and…

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…