Karl Otto Koch

Gabriel Soriano Professor Jacob PHI 2010 3 December 2017 Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto Authoritarian regimes, restricted freedom of speech, international conflicts. These are some of the factors that are often associated with communism from a modern perspective. Appropriation (and alteration) of Karl Marx’s philosophy for personal gain and quests for power by different figures throughout history created confusion a deviation from Marx’s original Ideas, which were inspired by the analysis of…

1. In Proposition 227, three language ideologies, dominant language ideology, monoglot language ideology, and standard language ideology are present. Dominant language ideology corresponds to the idea that certain sets of presuppositions about a language might be specific to that certain language from others and are to be above the other languages, mainly used by the people of power (Hauck, Lecture; 11/9/2017). For example, in Proposition 227 it states that, “The English language...is spoken by…

Talal Asad examines the widely known definition of religion by Geertz in Anthropological Conceptions of Religion: Reflections on Geertz and refutes his claim of a ‘model’ reality as Asad firmly believes that there is a link between religions and the configurations of power. Asad questions the universal definition of religion because in his interpretation, religion has a connection to political discourse even with ‘objective’ definitions of religion. Geertz defines ‘religion’ as a system of…

Georg Lukács concept of reification refers to the reduction of people to things. As Lukacs states in History and Class Consciousness, this reification is “crucial for the subjugation of men’s consciousness” (Lukacs 1923). Reification essentially objectifies and reduces human beings to things. This concept of reification is directly linked to Marx’s ideas about commodity fetishism. Capitalist exfoliation establishes the workers and products of their labor as objects. It is further developed in…

Religious Anthropology can be traced back to the European Enlightenment between the 17th and 20th centuries. Societal breakthroughs such as the advent of the Scientific Method, as well as the Reformation helped to expand intellectual abilities to approach a subject with both an open and rational mind. Couple this with exploration, and Europeans began to see other cultures and societies and attempted to apply these new progressive ideas toward their interruption of them. With this came to main…

The film, “The Edukators,” by Hans Weingartner is a drama about three young activists who believed that something needed to be done to bring awareness of the growing disparity in wealth between the rich and the poor. Similar to Karl Marx’s analysis of class struggle in capitalism, Jan, Peter, and Jules blamed their poor living conditions, and those of the lower class, on a greedy and exploitative capitalist system controlled by the wealthy; where low-wage labor is used to produce products that…

Anarchism is the idea that all social actions exists without government interference or services. Communism, on the other hand, is Anarchism's polar opposite: it is a system in which government exerts strong control over many services—including amounts that societal members can earn. This paper will: explain both societal systems; it will then point out some differences between the two societies; finally I will argue that anarchy is not practical, and will provide one method in which societies…

Immanuel Kant was born on April 22, 1724, in Konigsberg. He was the fourth of the nine children of a poor harness-maker. Kant’s parents were simple people and devout pietists. From the age of eight to sixteen years, Kant attended the Collegium Fridericianum, a Pietist school dedicated to the instruction of mathematics, history, geometry, and above all, Latin. In 1740, Kant matriculated at the University of Konigsberg. Under the inspiration of his favorite teacher, Kant immersed himself in the…

is class, standë/status, and party/power. In addition, Marx and Weber views of social stratification on present day concerns that affect our lives. Despite bearing some minor similarities, the difference between Marx and Weber are pronounced. For Karl Marx, class reflected society and production. Marx looked at how the material production is socially organized. It is characterized by the relations of economic subordination and domination. Marx looked at society and division of labour and finds…

We have been analyzing the ideals of consumerism in the lens of capitalism because the work produced by the artists is a reflection of the inner workings of our capitalist society. The artist discussed above talk about the commoditization of structured desire. For example, ‘Play-Doh’ has no economic or social value. However, it is through clever marketing that it became desirable for parents to buy this toy for their kids. This is an example artist can use art to show of clever marketing can…