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Hegel and Marx

This document provides an overview of Karl Marx's major intellectual contributions and social theories: 1. Marx developed the theory of social change being driven by antagonisms between social classes engaged in conflict and struggle over economic resources and power. 2. He argued that the basis of social order and relations in any society is determined by its economic production and the relations of production between social classes. 3. Marx analyzed how the division of labor leads to the formation of social classes with differing and opposing material interests, laying the foundation for revolution and transformation of the social system.

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Hegel and Marx

This document provides an overview of Karl Marx's major intellectual contributions and social theories: 1. Marx developed the theory of social change being driven by antagonisms between social classes engaged in conflict and struggle over economic resources and power. 2. He argued that the basis of social order and relations in any society is determined by its economic production and the relations of production between social classes. 3. Marx analyzed how the division of labor leads to the formation of social classes with differing and opposing material interests, laying the foundation for revolution and transformation of the social system.

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G. F. W.

Hegel
from Philosophy of Right

Karl Marx
from “On the Jewish Question”
1. Concrete person ,
- object of particular aims
- totality of wants
- mixture of caprice and physical
necessity

2. Every person feels satisfaction with


connection to others and establishes
there identities w.r.t. to others.
 System of needs
- the kind of need & satisfaction
- the kind of will
capital & the class division
 The administration of justice.
- rights as laws
- law determinately existent.
- the court of justice
 The Police and The corporation.
- the police
- the coporation
 State as ethical Idea & The constitutional law.
Karl Marx (1818-1883)

A socialist theoretician and organizer, a major


figure in the history of economic and
philosophical thought, and a great social
prophet.
Major Intellectual Contributions

1. Elaboration of the conflict model of society, specifically


the theory of social change based upon antagonisms
between social classes;

2. The insight that power originates primarily in economic


production; and

3. His concern with the social origins of alienation.


Social Evolution

Struggle, rather than peaceful growth, was the


engine of progress; strife was the father of all
things, and social conflict was the core of the
historical process.
Forces of Production

Marx believed that the basis of the social order in


every society is the production of economic
goods. What is produced, how it is produced, and
how it is exchanged determine the differences in
people’s wealth, power, and social status.
Relations of Production

For Marx, the entire social system is based on the


manner in which men and women relate to one
another in their continuous struggle to wrest
their livelihood form nature.
Secondary Needs & Antagonistic Cooperation

• When basic needs have been met, this leads to the creation of new
needs. Man (and woman) is a perpetually dissatisfied animal. Man’s
struggle against nature does not cease when basic needs are
gratified.

• Marx argued that because human beings must organize their


activities in order to clothe, feed, and house themselves, every
society is build on an economic base. The exact form social
organization takes varies from society to society and from era to era.
Division of Labor

The organization of economic activities leads to the


division of labor which causes the formation of classes;
over time, these classes develop different material
interests, they become “antagonistic.” Thus
antagonistic classes become the primary actors in the
historical drama.
Economic Organization Determines

• Polity
• Family
• Education
• Religion
Social Class

The division of labor gives rise to different classes, which leads to


differing interests and gives rise to different:
• Political Views
• Ethical Views
• Philosophical Views
• Religious Views
• Ideological Views
Revolution

• The social order is often marked by continuous change in the forces


of production, that is, technology. Marx argued that every economic
system except socialism produces forces that eventually lead to a
new economic form.

• At a certain point, this new class comes into conflict with the old
ownership class based on the old forces of production.
Wrong interpretation

• Many ask where Marx went wrong in his predictions. They confuse
the theorist with the activist revolutionary.
Critique

• Utopian.

• Class structure division till first decade of 20th century.

• Fall of USSR (a misperceived Marxism).


Abdul Sattar
24300
M. Phil. IDS

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