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Within the past twelve months, twelve different international manufacturers have pledged over 45 billion U.S. dollars in investments to Indian manufacturing projects, planned to add over 50,000 jobs within the next year, and promised over twelve new, large-scale manufacturing plants throughout India (Manufacturing Sector in India). These companies are coming to India because they see the advantages of India’s highly skilled workforce and relatively cheap labor. They are not being deterred by…

Have you ever just taken a step back and thought about how much our perception of what being a celebrity entails has changed in the past 20 years? Where will we stand 20 years from now? Take a look at Oprah Winfrey and Kim Kardashian for example; besides the obvious differences in their upbringing and how they both made their way into stardom, they are also very different in how they maintain their celebrity status. As stated in Broadcasting Yourself by Drew Pinsky “the explosion of reality T.V…

four aspects of alienation , first workers are alienated from the product of their labor, second, they are alienated from the means of production, thirdly, their own being ,and lastly dehumanized from society. When workers are alienated we become less and less attached with ourselves”. For Marx, alienation is inherent in capitalism, because the process of production and the results of our labor confront us as a dominating power”( Appelrouth&Edles, 47). In today 's society many of jobs provided…

but to be an autonomous, rational actor, totally independent of social relations like a ‘black box’. Marxism, on the other hand contends it is the class system which is the key to understanding world politics. Furthering this perception; with the new neo-liberal world order replacing the embedded liberal order which centred on the state intervention within economics, the main ideological perception of the state in the west is one of a ‘liberal minimal state’. In capitalism, as Mark Rupert…

disrupt the proper harmony of two things. In Marx’s observation, he finds that within the capitalist mode of production, workers lose determination of their lives and destines by being deprived of the right to conceive of themselves as the directors of their own actions. Alienation is the systematic result of capitalism. Workers are alienated by the bourgeoisie who own the means of production. Marx’s identifies four types of alienation. The first is the alienation of the workers…

Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka tells the story of Gregor Samsa, a man who wakes up as a giant cockroach one morning and the self-realization he goes through as a non-human being. This tale is analogous to Karl Marx’s theories about capitalism and alienation since these theories state the issues with the capitalist system and the effect work has on individuals. For instance, Karl Marx’s theories about alienation of the worker states that workers are alienated from other human beings, producers are…

The country fights for independence, so as to break free from the shackles that the colonizers ensnared us in, they rally for change, and justice and equality. However, the result typically is new individuals assuming position to re enact the same regime. The same inequity, injustice, the only change that is seen is the individuals that now occupy the seats of control. This is what Fanon describes in his novel “The wretched of the Earth” and…

Saint Joan of the Stockyards, play by Bertolt Brecht attempts to represent drama of life with regard to financial issues of 1930’s. He makes an attempt to dramatize the complex economic situations with the help of his study of Marxism and capitalism. This play portrays the depths of suffering which has a moving effect on audience. In Saint Joan of the Stockyards everything eventually comes down to the question of meeting ends and means. It also portrays the socio-economic difference in classes…

In the “Discourse on the origin of human inequality”, Rousseau argues that social inequality is caused by the competitions that originated from individualism, through which people only pursue self-interest and put equality in danger. Rousseau believes that the state of nature does not have much inequality, which is worsened along with the development of human civilization and political institutions and leaves a greater gap between the rich and the poor. According to Rousseau, when human…

Based on Marx’s concepts in Marxist criticisms written in the theoretical framework above, the Marxism of the necklace will be analyzed. 3.1 Economic Power in “The Necklace” “The Necklace” short story gives us clear image about society in which the distribution of goods are unfair. Mathilde described as a woman who has no skill or even commodity to sell for. She has only beautiful face and appearance that she uses to attract her husband who has similar status to her. She has no access to join…