Karl Marx - BBC Radio 4 In Our Time's Greatest Philosopher (Part 2 of 5)

Marx developed the theories upon which modern communism is based and is considered the founding father of economic history and sociology.

Marx set down his ideas in The Communist Manifesto(1848) and Das Kapital ((3 vol., 1861, 1885, 1894) arguing that economic relations determined all other features of a society, including its ideas.

He also outlined the goal of Marxism - the creation of social and economic utopia by the revolution of the proletariat which would "centralise all instruments of production in the hands of the state."

All class boundaries would be destroyed and each individual would find personal fulfilment, having no need for the bourgeois institutions of religion or family. Marx himself was an atheist, coining the phrase, "Religion is the opium of the people"

Marx continued to express views about class struggle and bourgeois oppression throughout his life, despite being exiled from his homeland and coping with both his own illness and the death of his children.

Most modern socialist theories are drawn from his work but Karl Marx has had a wider influence touching on many areas of human thought and life such as politics, economics, philosophy, and literature.

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[arzoyan]

The historic evolution of private property and the emergence of family,class and state as the template of privatisation of the Earth . The dynamics of capitalism , the wage slavery of immense humanity for the abstract process of capital accumulationa and concentration of capital in the hands of a few in a politically manipulated market mechanism of corporate or state domination. We need to transcend capitalism and create a world of cooperation for our collective needs and well being.

[Turminak]

Thanks so much for posting these.

[arzoyan]

@BeestOfSpood all we say is , to share the Earth in cooperation for our common needs and well being.

[BeestOfSpood]

@Insabanua Nietzsche does sport a rather fine moustache but Marx ripostes with an extraordinarily fine beard.

[BeestOfSpood]

@arzoyan You represent my biggest issue with Marxist philosophy, sermonisation.

[sonny19xx]

For all the tall talk, communism only led to suffering. Thanks

[TheMotherEagle]

I've been reading the Communist manifesto recently and this is an awesome additional to my understanding. Thanks very much for uploading.

[adeel2bad]

It's humorous to the see the decline in views in each subsequent video. People cannot comprehend what is being said.

[FranciscoD0MING0]

@arzoyan We must secure the existence of our people and a future for White Children

[jradetzky]

@arzoyan preach on bro, preach on

[jradetzky]

the German of these commentators is apalling

[bennyboyjones]

@arzoyan Nice comment, bar the grammatical errors.