Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Surplus Labour, Class Conflict, Productive Forces

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Bruce Morrison

Document Summary

Mar(cid:454)"s theor(cid:455) of histor(cid:455: all of history up to now is the history of class struggle. Conflict in our society was struggle between owners of resources vs suppliers of labours: histor(cid:455) is the gro(cid:449)th of hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) producti(cid:448)e po(cid:449)er (cid:894)the (cid:858)producti(cid:448)e forces(cid:859) te(cid:374)d to de(cid:448)elop(cid:895) Science, technology, and machinery get developed over time. Development thesis: our production methods develop within economic structures: Capitalism capitalists vs. workers: eco(cid:374)o(cid:373)ic structures sha(cid:448)e characteristic (cid:858)relatio(cid:374)s of productio(cid:374)(cid:859) Marx on exploitation: exploitation is the extraction of surplus labour, distinction between labour and labour-power, workers are sacrificed to the demands of the capital, capitalists profit is the surplus value created by workers. Value comes from people doing the labour. Marx on class struggle: histor(cid:455) is the histor(cid:455) of class struggle, u(cid:374)der capitalis(cid:373), it is the . States exist the handle these problems and who gets the surplus. Marx on revolution: revolution is likely in states that fail to integrate their excluded classes.