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    Expository Essay #2 Compare and Contrast Essay: During the nineteenth century‚ Karl Marx and Andrew Carnegie had definite opinions about the affects of industrialization on society. A greater understanding of their views on history and humanity can be gained by comparing and contrasting two written artifacts: The Communist Manifesto and “Wealth.” In 1848‚ Marx‚ a German philosopher‚ wrote a supposedly scientific account of his perspective on history entitled The Communist Manifesto. As a materialist

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    Karl Marx‚ a 17th century journalist and philosopher believed there was no difference between work and art. He argued that man is defined by his ability to create through work. Marx teaches that capitalism creates estrangement for the proletariat‚ working class‚ through alienation‚ or isolation‚ from (1) the process of production‚ (2) the product of work‚ (3) their species being‚ or their potential to become something or create something as a human‚ and (4) fellow man. Expounding upon these ideas

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    Estranged Labor In The Communist Manifesto‚ Marx illustrates how the working class in society is alienated‚ under the system of private property‚ in several ways such from the product of their labor‚ the work itself‚ from species-being‚ and from each other. This private property the workers work on is owned by a minute portion of the population who‚ in exchange for mass production of their product‚ put their employees through unfair labor conditions. This leads Marx to believe that a human being puts all

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    philosopher Karl Marx attempted to explain social and economic problems. According to UXL Biographies‚ “Karl Marx spent most of his life calling for a social system where everyone would be equal and no one would be poor.” In a biography done by Terrell Carver‚ among all political and social leaders‚ Marx was one of the most influential thinkers and one of the first to acknowledge non-religious significance to have an impact on the world. One of Marx’s most famous works‚

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    Introduction Karl Marx was born in a middle-class Jewish family of Germany‚ which converted to Christianity when he was young. Marx was an exponent of scientific socialism that advocated reformation of capitalism so that the social order could change from the exploitative capitalist system. Marx considered capitalism both a political and economic system. His main ideas were the conflict theory and the study of political economy. Karl Marx believed that capitalism was doomed to collapse due to its

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    Introduction of Karl Marx and Max Weber Theories Karl Marx and Max Weber speak about capitalism and social class. They both agree that modern methods of organization have tremendously increased the effectiveness and efficiency of production. However they both have different concept of theories. Karl Marx speaks about Alienation and Critique of Capitalism .Marx argued that this alienation of human work is precisely the defining feature of capitalism. He regards alienation as product of the evolution

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    in actions but all have the same aim of assembling societies. Out of all the theories I chose a prominent sociologists with his remarkable theory that currently influenced hundreds of people around the world‚ Karl Marx the father of Communism which mainly targeting the class struggle. “Karl Marx’s was a Prussian-German philosopher‚ economists‚ sociologists‚ historian journalists and revolutionary socialists” (Keleezard‚ Oct 006‚ pr 2). In Wikipedia it has been noted (Rigganbach‚ 1995‚ 2-5) that the

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    MAX WEBER ON CAPITALISM: Max Weber (1864 – 1920) was a left-wing liberal German political economist and sociologist. He despised the nobility and the seeking of power for its own ends. He studied capitalism in general and the part of religion in particular. Rise of Capitalism Some religions enable the march of capitalism‚ whilst others‚ such as Hinduism and Confucianism‚ do not. A key trigger in the Reformation was the removal of simple guarantees of being saved through belief‚ which led

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    Karl Marx explores on capitalism and its effects on society. Capitalism is referred to as an economic and political system where the country’s market industry is ‘capitalized’ and owned by private individuals. These individuals are known as the bourgeoise. The bourgeoisie are the people who own the means of production. Moreover‚ beneath these individuals are the means to their product known as the proletariat. The proletariats are individuals known as the ‘working class’ and sell their labour to

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    class difference. Class difference will dictate individual’s position of power in society. In society there are two groups of people‚ those who owns the means of production and those who don’t. In the article‚ “From the Communist Manifesto (1848)”‚ Marx examines the class division in society. The capitalist system divides into two different classes‚ the bourgeoisie in modern day known as the 1% and the proletariat which are considered the working members of society. This system is established to

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