SOCIAL CHANGE

Marx had both an Evolutionary and Revolutionary view of Social Change Today

Marx had both an Evolutionary and Revolutionary view of Social Change Today

Introduction

Karl Marx, who pointed out the fundamental importance of economics in human history, was born on May 5, 1818 in German town of Traves. His father was a lawyer of repute. Karl was the brightest of his sons and he had great fond hopes of bright future career of Karl Marx but instead of that Karl devoted his life to the solution of the problem of poverty which he thought is an evil of the first magnitude all over the world. Karl Marx married Westphden, a beautiful lady and a childhood friend belonging to a rich noble family, she fully reciprocated his tender affection. While Karl Marx was a penniless graduate, she stood by her husband through thick and thin (Hobsbawm, 1964, pp. 9-65).

This report highlights the importance of Karl Marx theory of sociology and its effects on today's society. Since we are celebrating the spirit of capitalism in small businesses especially, Karl Marx theory of social change is the landmark today. Marx experienced extreme poverty, death of kids and hunger himself along with his family. In spite of all these hardships, he always refused to accept remuneration for his lectures on political economy to the working men of London as he resolved to take nothing from the poor laboring class whose servant he had made himself. Based on his own life experience, he introduced social classes which are defined by their possession, that is by their relationship to the means of production is determined. It might create conflict (antagonism) is reflected in the hostility between the classes (Marx, 1975, pp. 203-10). The social changes in England have shown many changes from past centuries. The main changes involved demographic, family, working class, labor, women, education, rural and urban changes.

Discussion

The topic reflects on the relationship between the thought of Karl Marx and the study of historical sociology. In so doing, it defends two claims. One is that Karl Marx can be understood as a 'practitioner' of historical sociology. The other is that there is something that we can learn about this discipline from a study of Marx's writings. Clearly, these claims are mutually reinforcing, though they require a word or two of explanation. For although Marx's place in a collection concerned with exploring the depth and vitality of historical sociology as a method of intellectual inquiry might seem self-evident, two principal issues must be clarified. One relates to the legacy of Karl Marx and the other concerns the nature of historical sociology itself (Marx, 1975, pp. 243-57).

In accordance to the view of Marx, he saw the class conflict development; the struggles among all the classes were, at first, restricted to the individual factories. Ultimately, with the capitalism maturing, the rising growth of inequality amongst the conditions of life of the proletariat and the increase in homogenization in the classes, the struggles of the individuals became widespread to ...