Class-based society and the revolutinary ideologies

Class-based society and the revolutinary ideologies

1. Revolutionary Ideologies

   • Marxism
     • Ideology developed by Karl Marx and Friederich Engels in the 19th cent. based on their analysis of politics and the economy.
       • Karl Marx
       • Friederich Engels
   • Socialism
   • Anarchism
     • = unne esary government
       • Pierre Joseph Proudhon,
         • Mikhail Bakunin
       • Main principles
         • Individual freedom
         • Direct action:
         • The abolition of private property

2. Class- based society

   • A group of people within a society who possess the same socioeconomic status.

3. Three main groups / classes

   • Upper Class:
     • Wealthy Bourgeois:
       • Bankers
       • Factory owners
       • Thanks to capitalism they obtained many profits at the cost of the lower class.
   • Middle Class
     • Services
       • Lawyers
       • Doctors
     • Shop owners
       • Craftsmen
   • Working class
     • Industrial workers, also known as the proletariat.
       • They worked in factories. They did not own property and their wages were usually low
     • Tenant farmers
       • Rented agricultural land in order to cultivate it. Agricultural labourers did seasonal work and were paid by the day.

4. Utopian Socialism

   • ideological current that opposed capitalism and aimed to improve working conditions through education and negotiation with the middle class.
     • Charles Fourier
     • Robert Owen

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