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CRITICISM
GEORGE BANIS
MARX
1818-1883
•Born in Trier, Prussia (now
Germany)
•German philosopher and
social activist
•Along with Friedrich Engels,
led a political movement that
inspired progression towards
Communism
HISTORY OF THE
IDEALS
• Georg W. Hegel (1770-1831) --->Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872)---->Karl
Marx
• Hegel: “Man is God, and history is the process by which man alienates
himself (thus alienating God).
• All phenomena originate from a physical cause and can be understood and
explained through natural science.
• The basis of human society is how humans work on nature to produce the means of
subsistence.
• There is a division of labour into social classes based on property ownership where
some people live from the labour of others.
• Society moves from stage to stage when the dominant class is displaced by a new
emerging class, by overthrowing the "political shell" that enforces the old relations
of production no longer corresponding to the new productive forces.
Marxist Economics
• Labour Theory of Value: the value of a commodity is the socially necessary
labor time invested in it. (Commodity- item of practical use, ex. food)
• Commented on sculpture