Television for many years has been looked at as a source for entertainment for many. Hard workers, mothers, children and teenagers can all find enjoyment in watching TV and its become widely used form of media in large parts of the world. When thinking of TV its usually happy thoughts that would come to mind, … Read more
Don DeLillo’s Mao II sheds light that reveals the invisible world between the makers and the consumers of images. DeLillo presents the treatment of Beirut’s image in three ways, with various degrees of their ability to effect change among the masses. His fictional character Brita treats the image from an individualist perspective illustrating the difference … Read more
According to Harry Braverman the division of labor is recognized as one of the earliest concepts in regards to the capitalist mode of production. However, there are different types forms of the division of labor that differ from each other. For instance, the division of labor in a capitalist industry is not similar to distribution … Read more
Commodity Fetishism is basically socialization that’s blurred by thing-hood. For Karl Marx, commodity fetishism is the discernment of social relationships that go along with production, thus creating an economic type relationship. It’s the connection between money and commodities that are being traded in the capitalist market. In Marx’s Critique of Capitalism, Volume One, he states … Read more
The action of trade is so heavily integrated into today’s modern society that it is hard to believe a time where trade did not exist. In can be found in the preliminary stages of North American culture where natives would trade with one another before the creation of currency, to a more modern level where … Read more
Karl Marx was the greatest thinker and philosopher of his time. His views on life and the social structure of his time revolutionized the way in which people think. He created an opportunity for the lower class to rise above the aristocrats and failed due to the creation of the middle class. Despite this failure, … Read more
Karl Marx was born on May 5, 1818, in Trier in the German Rhineland. His grandfather was a rabbi. His father, a successful lawyer, had his entire family baptized for business and social reasons. He studied law at Bonn and philosophy at the University of Berlin. While in Berlin he became acquainted with the philosophy … Read more
Through out history money, wealth and capital have dictated a way of life to the masses. Wealth dictated the lives that the rich lived and the lives of the poor that worked for and surrounded them. In some cultures your class could never be escaped in life, you had to wait for your next incarnation, … Read more
Karl Marx was the greatest thinker and philosopher of his time. His views on life and the social structure of his time revolutionized the way in which people think. He created an opportunity for the lower class to rise above the aristocrats and failed due to the creation of the middle class. Despite this failure, … Read more
The worker becomes all the poorer the more wealth he produces, the more his production increases in power and range. The worker becomes an ever cheaper commodity the more commodities he creates. With the increasing value of the world of things proceeds in direct proportion to the devaluation of the world of men. Labour produces … Read more