Materialistic Conception

of Society

MARX AND ENGELS

Materialis
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upon physical
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processes
Of
View
 arose as a violent reaction against the
idealist conception of humanity which
posited that a " Supernatural Being " or
" Absolute Idea " or a priori principle " is
the ultimate ruler/ governor of the world.
KARL MARX AND FREDERICK ENGELS
 Human societies are just offshoot of man's activity in
tracking down his personal needs.

The starting point, the organization and the historical

development of society must be from the materialistic
situation of human existence.
 THE GERMAN
IDEOLOGY
•Premise of all human society is the existence of all human
individuals- whose concern since was first of all to eat, drink
and to have shelter and clothing- before they pursue politics,
science, art and the like.

•A human being could not pursue his social awareness and

interests not until he is able to finds first the things needed
in life.

•Human labor has become the main factor for the

improvement of man's history of society.
To carry out the production, people must
enter into productive relations and by
means of production and in their totality,
people must be able to define the
economic structure of society.
Materialistic Concept of
Society
•People must interact in order to maintain economic
relations.

•They should cultivate the instruments of production:

tools, machines, means of transportation, and the like to
provide man's food, clothing and shelter.

•The process of production serves as the foundation of

society and then arises from this certain ideologies that
mold social structure or society.
 MARXISTS
JUSTIFIES:

Man, as a homo socialis or social being, defines

the social consciousness of the people in the
community.

Marx and Engels said that change in the

practice of human production necessitates the
change in the social awareness of people.
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