Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: The State And Revolution, Surplus Labour, Productive Forces
4 Mar 2019
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Week 11: lecture 20: socialism 2 (tuesday, november 20, 2018) Karl marx on history, exploitation, class struggle, the state and. Marx on exploitation: exploitation is the extraction of surplus labour, distinction between labour and labour power (buy the workers ability to work, capitalist pro t is the surplus value created by workers. Marx two accounts of the state: the state as a committee for managing the common interests of the bourgeoisie (based on. 19th century british politics: the state as an independent actor (based on 19th century french and german politics) Marx on revolution: revolution is likely in states that fail to integrate their excluded classes, bismarck"s strategy: buy o the working class and maintain a loyal army, universal su rage could lead to the election of socialist government. Friederich engel"s objections to capitalism: the destructive trade cycle, large number of unproductive people, the capitalist market generates unjust inequalities.
