Karl Marx (2)
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- Karl Marx (2)
- Relations of Production
- Social relations in which we enter in order to produce and survive
- Involves cooperation towards a common goal and division of labour
- Involves power relations between those who control production and those who don't
- Class arises when the direct producers, those whose labour provides the physical means for society's existence are separated from means of production
- Means of production are controlled by a non-productive minority
- Direct Producer in Class Society
- 1. Spends part of day on necessary labour (what you need to keep alive and working
- 2. The rest is on surplus labour - additional working time
- Product of surplus labour is taken by those who control the means of production
- Class society is therefore based on exploitation
- Class struggle is dialectic
- The bourgeoisie (capitalist) and proletariat (labouring) couldn't exist without each other
- Class struggle is inherent to class society
- Only struggle or revolution can overcome the contradictions of class societies
- 'Workers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your chains'.
- Modes of Production
- Primitive communism
- Ancient
- Feudal
- Capitalism
- True socialism/ communism
- Each mode has a distinctive mode of production
- Transition between them involves revolutionary transformation of relations of production
- The proletariat are the gravediggers of capitalism
- Capitalism is a necessary step in the development of humanity towards its destiny
- Human Nature
- No such thing as human nature for Marx
- Across all societies etc what is in common is labour
- This is the basis of human society
- Any other views eg. selfish, competitive are conditioned by the nature of the production process
- When economic base changes so do ideas of human nature
- Changing ideas of human nature reflect changing ways humanity organises itself
- Relations of Production
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