Shaw's Drama and Marxian Socialism
CHAPTER 1
Karl Marx and G.B. Shaw: Shaw’s Drama and Marxian Socialism
The Communist Manifesto, was written by Karl Marx (who was a philosopher and revolutionary) along with Friedrich Engels. It was a booklet that provided principles for the Euro-socialists and communists during the 19th and 20th century. He was the great philosopher who propounded the theory of scientific socialism, better termed as modern communism. Since his theories and philosophies became very famous with people around I would consider him to be one of the most influential thinkers of all time. Karl Marx (1818-83) began with the study of Hegelian dialectic at the university in Berlin and Bonn. But he gave a new direction to socio-political thought and because of this he may be considered as the “father of Communism”. It was the first organised and systematic proposition of modern socialism, which contained the materialistic aspect of the history or in other words historical materialism.
The Manifesto states it is economic system, which generates the necessities of life and livelihood, that determines class stratification and non-equitable distribution of resources in the society. And it is this very economic system that further impacts the political and intellectual history of that age. It is the strife and tussle between the exploited ,the working class and exploiting ,the bourgeoisie , or the ruling and oppressed social classes that create that ‘history’ of the age. Based upon these principles of his philosophy Marx brings home the inference or rather conclusion that only the working class can initiate a revolution and over throw the ‘high browed’ bourgeoisie or the capitalist, who exploit them. And this revolution would someday create a classless society where everyone is equal and there is no hierarchical set up and for certainty no human being will ever show supremacy upon any other human being in any aspect.
Marx’s philosophy of condemnation of materialism is termed as
Karl Marx and G.B. Shaw: Shaw’s Drama and Marxian Socialism
The Communist Manifesto, was written by Karl Marx (who was a philosopher and revolutionary) along with Friedrich Engels. It was a booklet that provided principles for the Euro-socialists and communists during the 19th and 20th century. He was the great philosopher who propounded the theory of scientific socialism, better termed as modern communism. Since his theories and philosophies became very famous with people around I would consider him to be one of the most influential thinkers of all time. Karl Marx (1818-83) began with the study of Hegelian dialectic at the university in Berlin and Bonn. But he gave a new direction to socio-political thought and because of this he may be considered as the “father of Communism”. It was the first organised and systematic proposition of modern socialism, which contained the materialistic aspect of the history or in other words historical materialism.
The Manifesto states it is economic system, which generates the necessities of life and livelihood, that determines class stratification and non-equitable distribution of resources in the society. And it is this very economic system that further impacts the political and intellectual history of that age. It is the strife and tussle between the exploited ,the working class and exploiting ,the bourgeoisie , or the ruling and oppressed social classes that create that ‘history’ of the age. Based upon these principles of his philosophy Marx brings home the inference or rather conclusion that only the working class can initiate a revolution and over throw the ‘high browed’ bourgeoisie or the capitalist, who exploit them. And this revolution would someday create a classless society where everyone is equal and there is no hierarchical set up and for certainty no human being will ever show supremacy upon any other human being in any aspect.
Marx’s philosophy of condemnation of materialism is termed as