Question

explain karl marx' 'class theory'

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

(i) According to Karl Marx, history was not about

abstract ideas, it was about living people.

(ii) Human relationships were shaped by the

fundamental needs of people and their ownership

as well as nature of the prevalent means of

production to meet those needs.

(iii)  The accessibility of these means to different

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of society may not be equal.

(iv) This inequality causes a division of society into

classes, leading to a class struggle.

(v) The class that owns the means of production

economically exploits the rest of the classes.