Karl Marx

Institute of Foreign Language

Department of International Studies

Member:

Heng Sovandara

Te Kimhong

Lim Vonponlea

Ly Visanaroth

Karl Heinrich Marx’s Sociology

Content
- Who Karl Marx Was?
- Biography
- His achievements
- Elements of Marxist Theory
- The Important of Karl Marx’s Idea
- What are the Goods and Bads about Communism?

Prepared by: Group 2nd


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German Jewish

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Father of Communism

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Scholar in Economist, Sociologist,
Philosopher, Revolutionist

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A revolutionary who predicted a
downfall of capitalism.


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Early Life
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Born: May 5th 1818 in Trier, Prussia
Rhineland

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1830 - Trier High School

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1835 - University of Bonn

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1836 - University of Berlin(Young Hegelian)

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1841 - Completed Doctorate at Jena

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Moved to Cologne and became editor of a
radical newspaper, Rheinische Zeitung in
1842

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Later Life
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1843 - moved to Paris

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1845 - moved to Brussels

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1849 - moved to London

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Death: March 17th 1883


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Paris
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Editor of a new radical newspaper “Deutsch Franzosische”
(German-French Annals) & German newspaper: “Vorwarts!”
(Forward!)

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1844 – Meet Friedrich Engels, his lifelong friend

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Study Political Economy, French Socialists, History of France

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Outline of Marxism are formed – Economic and Philosophical
Manuscripts & Das Capital & Theory of Surplus Value

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1845 – “Vorwarts!” shut down


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Brussels
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Manuscript “The German Ideology”

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1848 – Released “The Communist Manifesto”

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Support a radical democratic line against the Prussian autocracy

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Moved out of Germany


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London
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Live in poverty

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New York Daily Tribune

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1857 – Theories of Surplus Value manuscript was ready

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First International - elected to its General Council in 1864

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1867 – Volume one of Das Capital

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March 14th 1883 - Dead


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Elements of Marxist Theory:
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Society

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Economic


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Marx Theory on Economic:
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Labor theory of value

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Surplus value

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Surplus Product

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Exploitation


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Labor theory of value

Are heterodox economic theories of value that argue the value of a
commodity is only related to the labor needed to produce or obtain

that commodity and not to other factors of production (except as
those elements can be regarded as embodies labor.


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Surplus Value

Distinguish between labor time worked and labor power


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Surplus Product

It was simply that part of what workers produced (a product person

or service) which they had to hand over to the chief, the landowner,
the lord or the state, in the form of a tax rent or tribute.


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Exploitation

The subjection of producers (the proletariat) to work for passive

owner (bourgeoisie) for less compensation than is equivalent to the
actual amount of work done.


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Marx Theory on Society:
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Historical Materialism

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Alienation

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Mode of Production

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Class Consciousness

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Class Struggle


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Historical Materialism

Look for the cavies of development and champs in human society
in the means by which human collectively produce the necessaries
of life.


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Alienation

Describe the separation of things that naturally belong together,
and the placement of antagonism between things that are properly
in harmony.
There are 4 type of alienation:
- Alienation of the worker from the work
- Alienation of the worker from working
- Alienation of the worker from himself, as a provider
- Alienation of the worker from other worker

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Mode of Production

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Productive Forces: human labor power and available knowledge
giving the level of technology in the mean of production. Ex:

tools, equipment,...
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Social and Technical relation of Production: property, power and
control relation governing society’s productive assets.


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Class Consciousness

Refer to the belief that a person holds regarding one’s social class
or economic tank in society, the structure of their class, and their
class interests.


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Class Struggle
“THE HISTORY OF ALL HITHERTO EXISTING SOCIETY IS THE
HISTORY OF CLASS STUGGLE.”
Class Struggle is the tension or antagonism which exists in society due
to competing socioeconomic interests and desires between people of
different classes.
There are 2 main class struggle :

+ Bourgeoisie (Owner)
+ Proletariat (Worker)

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China

Cypr
us

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Cuba

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Laos

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North
Korea

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Vietn
am

Nepa
l


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People who believed in Marx’s
idea are called “Marxist”.

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Marxism


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The symbol of Communism: Hummer and Sickle.


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Conclusion


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