As usual, this week's seminar followed on from what the lecture was about, which was Marxism.
Marxism is something I'm interested in and I enjoyed reading The Communist Manifesto, this is in 3 main parts, here's a short explanation of each part:
Part 1: Class struggle - Bourgeoisie v.s. Proletariat. This was started by the Transatlantic Triangular Trade (lord v.s slave) and the Industrial Revolution.
The proletariat make the goods that bring captial to the bourgeoisie.
Part 2: Communism - The main idea of communism to to abolish the private property of the bourgeoisie. Nationality should be abolished as well. Marx believed that a Utopian state could be created.
Part 3: Socialism - This is a stepping stone towards communism, this stage would be under the control of the dictatorship of the proletariat. As communism comes in, the proletariat dictatorship would wither way and communism would arise.
Alongside the three parts of the CM, here are what I think are the most important things in the Manifesto and these basically sum up Marxism.
1: The bourgeoisie forges the weapons that bring death to themselves and as the CM says, "it (the Bourgeoisie) has also called into existence the men who are to wield those weapons - the modern working class - the proletarians."
2: The bourgeoisie made another mistake by not buying new machinery for the proletariat to use, the proletariat had enough of having to use old and worn out machinery, so they formed Trade Unions that stood up for workers rights. These were the first step (according to Marx) towards a proletariat revolution.
3: Abolish private property. PP divides the working class from the bourgeoisie.
4: "For those of its members who work (proletariat), acquire nothing and those who acquire everything (bourgeoisie) do not work".
5: The 10 point plan. These are just the points that I see as most important:
- Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
- Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
- Equal obligation of all to work.
- Free education for all children in public schools.
One of Marx's other ideas is that of alienation. He said that the proletariat were being alienated, or to put it another way, separated from wider society. The problem for the proletariat is that they don't know it's happening, they're unaware of what the bourgeoisie is doing to them. According to Marx, the proletariat need to be conscious of their low position in society before they can start to revolt.
Finally, here are some quotes from Karl Marx:
"From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs."
"Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed."
"Revolutions are the locomotives of history".
"The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs".
"Workers of the world unite".
TB 2012.
Marxism is something I'm interested in and I enjoyed reading The Communist Manifesto, this is in 3 main parts, here's a short explanation of each part:
Part 1: Class struggle - Bourgeoisie v.s. Proletariat. This was started by the Transatlantic Triangular Trade (lord v.s slave) and the Industrial Revolution.
The proletariat make the goods that bring captial to the bourgeoisie.
Part 2: Communism - The main idea of communism to to abolish the private property of the bourgeoisie. Nationality should be abolished as well. Marx believed that a Utopian state could be created.
Part 3: Socialism - This is a stepping stone towards communism, this stage would be under the control of the dictatorship of the proletariat. As communism comes in, the proletariat dictatorship would wither way and communism would arise.
Alongside the three parts of the CM, here are what I think are the most important things in the Manifesto and these basically sum up Marxism.
1: The bourgeoisie forges the weapons that bring death to themselves and as the CM says, "it (the Bourgeoisie) has also called into existence the men who are to wield those weapons - the modern working class - the proletarians."
2: The bourgeoisie made another mistake by not buying new machinery for the proletariat to use, the proletariat had enough of having to use old and worn out machinery, so they formed Trade Unions that stood up for workers rights. These were the first step (according to Marx) towards a proletariat revolution.
3: Abolish private property. PP divides the working class from the bourgeoisie.
4: "For those of its members who work (proletariat), acquire nothing and those who acquire everything (bourgeoisie) do not work".
5: The 10 point plan. These are just the points that I see as most important:
- Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
- Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
- Equal obligation of all to work.
- Free education for all children in public schools.
One of Marx's other ideas is that of alienation. He said that the proletariat were being alienated, or to put it another way, separated from wider society. The problem for the proletariat is that they don't know it's happening, they're unaware of what the bourgeoisie is doing to them. According to Marx, the proletariat need to be conscious of their low position in society before they can start to revolt.
Finally, here are some quotes from Karl Marx:
"From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs."
"Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed."
"Revolutions are the locomotives of history".
"The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs".
"Workers of the world unite".
TB 2012.
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