Karl Taro Greenfeld

However, to try to end crisis one must first acknowledge its existence. Out of many individuals who recognize the crisis, there are four different authors who proudly acknowledge the presence of crisis; most importantly, social crisis. These authors are Karl Marx, Upton Sinclair,…

What’s the purpose of an ad? Is the purpose of an advertisement to persuade us into buying a product that is shown to us? Well, the purpose of the 1967 BMW ad was to persuade the audience to buy a two door sedan. This ad reveals a lot about that era and the society. We learn a lot about the culture by analyzing the ad that is being displayed that persuades the audience to buy a luxurious car. BMW was started in 1917 as an aircraft manufacturer. BMW is a German company which its headquarters is…

1) The relationship between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat has been an ever-changing alliance since the dawn of capitalism. With the new methods of communication erupting over the course of time, the ability to control the masses has become significantly easier. In modern society today, pop culture has figuratively become the main source to how people choose to live their lives. From musicians to socialites and actors, the public turns to the hottest figures in media to understand the…

capital produced by labour is for the benefit of the worker, but as the texts I analyse further down show, this is not always the case. In this essay I will view labour through the lens of The Tempest by William Shakespeare and The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. In effect this essay will be a Marxist reading of The Tempest, paying close attention to the way social class works to exploit the members lower down . By analysing these two texts and using literary…

Sociology theories can be viewed from all parts of life, including movies. In Time, a science-fiction film released in 2011 is a great example of not only sociological theories at play, but for specifically spotting themes that Karl Marx and Max Weber wrote about in their writings. To better understand the movie first, before diving into an analytical look at the film, I will give a small narration of the plot. The citizens in the movie including the main characters, Will Salas and Sylvia Weiss…

production. With mass production developing into mass distribution, those with more currency were now able to acquire goods in excess –in comparison to their peers- thus creating social differences. An example of these differences was introduced by Karl…

Karl Heinrich Marx was a philosopher, historian, revolutionary, and social scientist. His socialist thinking emerged from the 19th century. Marx’s ideas gained popularity after his death in the socialist movement. Also, his ideas have been modified for future generations and has brought change to political circumstances. Karl Heinrich Marx born in Trier, Prussia on May 5, 1818. He came from a long line of rabbis from both sides of the family. In 1818, Heinrich Marx, Karl Marx’s father,…

may indulge me or not, but I am resolved to provide an extensive review lest my countrymen be under the misconception that The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx will amount to any sort of revolution–Proletarian or otherwise. As I am sure you are aware, this news publication has been a vehicle to countless articles from the prolific socialist mind of Karl Marx; he provides the workingman a voice of lustrous intellect and strength…

In The Communist Manifesto Marx and Engels argue that “These labourers, who must sell themselves piecemeal, are a commodity” (Marx and Engels 18). Respectively, a working person, according to them, becomes a commodity once they start selling their work and compete with other laborers for the buyer. By its definition, a commodity is an inanimate noun and usually applied to objects that are for sale. Therefore, the comparison of a human being to a commodity means the deprivation of one of their…

Picaros are traditionally wanders, slaves to whomever provides for them at the time. In Grimmelshausen’s novel, Simplicissimus, the protagonist of the same name takes on a much different position than seen in other picaresque novels. Simplicissimus himself becomes a master, employing his own servants and gains a legitimate position in society. In the novel Lazarillo de Tormes the protagonist is always serving someone else’s interests. Lazarillo never has complete autonomy and must rely on others…