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The Visions and Intentions of Karl Marx

THE VISIONS AND INTENTIONS OF KARL MARX

From the content of the Manifesto of the Communist Party , it is seen that Marx and Engels are not talking of any freedom but freedom from exploitation , freedom from class oppression , and freedom from class conflicts . In this sense , society cannot be considered free until it replaced capitalist exploitation with the free collaboration of all members of society . Freedom as deliverance of the worker from capitalist exploitation , is only one , though the most important aspect of his freedom . It cannot be restricted by negative characteristics

, as in freedom from something . Freedom makes sense only when man is free not due to negative forces , to deliver him from something or the other but due to positive forces , to show his real individuality (Hart , 1982

For Marx , freedoms like freedom of religion and the freedom to own property are hollow freedoms . In the manifesto , Marx wrote , But don 't wrangle with us so long as you apply , to our intended abolition of bourgeois property , the standard of your bourgeois notions of freedom culture , law , etc . Your very ideas are but the outgrowth of the conditions of your bourgeois production and bourgeois property , just as your jurisprudence is but the will of your class made into a law for all , a will , whose essential character and direction are determined by the economical conditions of existence of your class ' Thus , only in a classless society would a human individual truly gain freedom

Karl Marx and Maximilian Weber are two of the founders of Modern Sociology . Marx and Weber were influential figures during their time , as both were active and visible in German politics . Their words hold a power in them that denotes authority and conviction thus becoming an inspiration or a threat to those who hear and read , yet were also widely criticized and disputed . These two however , as many people believe share opposing views in many issues , particularly with regards to the controversial debate of capitalism and socialism . Yet they also share commonalities .Karl Marx is popularly known for his works that gave rise to the concept of communism . Marx is in fact trained in the field of philosophy but eventually veered towards economics and politics . Hence for many scholars then and now , he was more of a revolutionary communist than a philosopher . For Marx nevertheless , the philosophers have only interpreted the world , the point is to change it ' this he wrote in his Theses on Feuerbach (Wolff , 2003 . His most popular work was the Communist Manifesto (1848 , which he co-authored with his lifelong friend , Friedrich Engels . Yet according to many academicians , even if the Manifesto is the most famous of Marx ' works , it is not the best material to use to analyze his sentiments and belief . In fact many deem the Economic and Political Manuscripts of 1844 as the heart of Marx 's analysis particularly in relation to economics

Prior to communism , what paved the way to the development of communistic ideas was the theory...

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