PLEASE USE YOUR OWN WORDS AND DONT USE QUOTES / ONLY USE THE DOCUMENTS FROM DE LINKS FOR UNDERSTANDING READ ALL THE REQUIREMENTS
- Write a 4-5 page essay describing the main points of Marx’s theory of how modern capitalist society developed out of feudalism, how it is organized, how it is alienated, and how he believes capitalism is going to develop in time.
Include AT LEAST the following concepts:
mode of production ownership relations of production commodity means of production class alienation philosophy of history revolution/revolutionary
Why the length? The length requirement serves a purpose. I want to know that you have an overall understanding of the basic aspects of Marx’s complex theoretical system. If you do, it is possible to describe all these aspects in 4-5 double spaced pages.
Remember, one important characteristic of a theoretical system, such as Marx’s analysis of capitalism and history, is that all the different aspects are related – to each other and to the system itself. They are all parts of a larger whole that gives them their meaning. I am looking to see that you understand the specific ideas and how they fit in the system. SOURCES
Your assignment should be based on your understanding of Marx from our readings and class discussions, including Smith and Nisbet. It is important that you do not use additional sources on Marx that we have not read together. Because his work has generated an ocean of controversies and interpretations, other sources may well reflect an approach that is at crosspurposes to ours, it may be overly political, or it may just be unfamiliar to me. What I am looking for in your exam is the understanding of Marx based on the specific texts we read and our discussions about them.
DO NOT USE QUOTATIONS.
If you have a handle on this material, and I know many of you do, you have no choice but to use some of Marx’s language. The assignment is too short to flll with quotations from one of the greatest writers in the modern world. I am looking to see you that you understand him but in your own words. Choose them carefully, of course, but, for the most part, let them be yours. No citations, please, and no reference list. I already know what you’ve read.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/d8bcye0vzthvzh7/Marx+and+Engels,+Selections+from+The+German+Ideology.pdf/file
https://www.mediafire.com/file/3ochsutpo80xp74/Communist+Manifesto+(Chapter+1)(1).pdf/file
https://www.mediafire.com/file/nun5c8cv80lu9h1/Marx,+Economic+and+Philosophical+Manuscripts+of+1844.pdf/file
