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KARL MARX (1818-1883) FATHER OF MODERN COMMUNISM

KARL MARX (1818-1883) FATHER OF MODERN COMMUNISM. I. MARX AND ENGELS A. KARL MARX 1. GERMAN PHILOSOPHER 2. SET OUT TO PROVIDE A SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR SOCIALISM a. ECONOMIC THEORIES OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

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KARL MARX (1818-1883) FATHER OF MODERN COMMUNISM

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  1. KARL MARX(1818-1883) FATHER OF MODERN COMMUNISM

  2. I. MARX AND ENGELS A. KARL MARX 1. GERMAN PHILOSOPHER 2. SET OUT TO PROVIDE A SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR SOCIALISM a. ECONOMIC THEORIES OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION b. STATE OWNERSHIP OF THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION c. EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL 3. SON OF A PROSPEROUS GERMAN LAWYER 4. RADICAL VIEWS GOT HIM INTO TROUBLE WITH THE PRUSSIAN GOVERNMENT 5. FLED TO PARIS WHERE HE MET FRIEDRICH ENGELS B. FRIEDRICH ENGELS 1. THE CONDITION OF THE WORKING CLASS IN ENGLAND a. CRITICIZED FACTORY CONDITIONS

  3. I. MARX’S THEORIES A. MARX BASED HIS IDEAS IN PART ON THE TEACHINGS OF THE GERMAN PHILOSOPHER G.W.F. HEGEL 1. MARX BELIEVED THAT HISTORY ADVANCED THROUGH CONFLICT 2. ECONOMICS WAS THE MAJOR FORCE FOR CHANGE a. LAWS, SOCIAL SYSTEMS, CUSTOMS, RELIGION, AND ART ALL DEVELOPED IN ACCORD WITH A SOCIETY’S ECONOMIC BASE b. THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE ECONOMIC BASE WAS THE DIVISION OF SOCIETY INTO CLASSES c. MARX STATED THAT “CLASS STRUGGLE” WAS WHAT PUSHED HISTORY FORWARD

  4. B. MARX ARGUED THAT EUROPE HAD MOVED THROUGH FOUR STAGES OF ECONOMIC LIFE 1. PRIMITIVE 2. SLAVE 3. FEUDAL 4. CAPITALIST a. CAPITALISM: MEANS OF PRODUCTION ARE PRIVATELY OWNED

  5. II. MARX’S THEORIES C. MARX BELIEVED THAT CAPITALISM WAS ONLY A TEMPORARY PHASE 1. THE MAKERS OF GOODS, THE PROLETARIAT (THE WORKING CLASS) WAS THE TRUE PRODUCTIVE CLASS 2. AN ECONOMIC CRISIS WOULD GIVE THE PROLETARIAT THE CHANCE TO SEIZE CONTROL FROM THE BOURGEOISIE (THE MIDDLE CLASS) 3. THE PROLETARIAT WOULD THEN BUILD A SOCIETY IN WHICH THE PEOPLE OWNED EVERYTHING

  6. 4. THE LAST STAGE - KNOWN AS COMMUNISM A. THE GOVERNING PRINCIPLE WOULD BE “FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITY, TO EACH ACCORDING TO HIS NEED” B. COMMON OWNERSHIP OF THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION C. MARX AND ENGELS PUBLISHED THEIR VIEWS IN THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO IN 1848 D. MARX DEVELOPED HIS IDEAS FURTHER IN THE WORK DAS KAPITAL (1867)

  7. III. MARX’S THEORIES, PART 2 A. ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY 1. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS DETERMINE THE COURSE OF HISTORY 2. THE CLASS THAT CONTROLS THE ECONOMIC POWER CONTROLS THE GOVERNMENT B. CLASS STRUGGLE 1. HISTORY IS A CLASS STRUGGLE (HAVES VS THE HAVE-NOTS) 2. INTERNATIONAL – ALL WORKERS FACED THE SAME PROBLEMS

  8. C. SURPLUS VALUE 1. CAPITALISTS (OR CAPITALISM) EXPLOITS THE WORKERS 2. WORKERS LACK ABILITY TO PURCHASE GOODS PRODUCED D. INEVITABILITY OF SOCIALISM 1. CAPITALISM WILL DESTROY ITSELF 2. WEALTH WILL CONCENTRATE IN FEWER AND FEWER HANDS 3. WORKERS WILL BE DRIVEN TO OVERTHROW CAPITALISTS

  9. E. ULTIMATE COMMUNIST SOCIETY 1. WITH THE VICTORY OF SOCIALISM, THE PROLETARIAT WILL CREATE A CLASSLESS SOCIETY 2. “FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITY, TO EACH ACCORDING TO HIS NEEDS”

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