Karl Marx (last lecture)
Themes
1. Alienation
- From the self, fellowmen, nature, work
- Corrected only in the historical revolution
2. Universal
- work = the only universal factor; universalizes man: linked to a universe of man
3. Dialectic
- Hegel: “God is abstract and alone so he externalizes himself through creation of nature and of man”; “Religion, art, philo = highest cultural values, the consciousness of man reaching God’s.”
- Marx: “Man externalizes himself through work and in so doing realizes himself”
4. Praxis
- No such thing as pure worker or pure thinker/no monopoly on either side
- As I think, I work. As I work, I think actively.
Issues/Questions
1. Atheism
- Nietzsche: not visibly an atheist, only a critic
- Marx: essentially an atheist
- Basic reality: society, man, and nature is bound together by work
- No such thing as vertical dimension
- The solution to everything is Work work work work work work
- Fix economic problems, there will be no religion
- Marxism and atheism go together
2. Violence
- the very discrepancy between forms and forces of production
- result of the alienation
- essential? It is the fact of life; it’s already there. Victims are not aware of what is happening and what needs to be done.
- Proletariat = the waking up, the reign of consciousness
- Party = prepares the proletariat gain consciousness; paves the way for violence: (essential in view of the goal, classless society) (not a senseless violence, factories should not be destroyed)
3. Individual Person
- Marx: man is social, we depend on one another
- Individual dimension: search for self, meaning of life à not important/doesn’t matter
- The meaning of life is dying for society, life is meant for the society
Parallelism with Xtianity
1. Praxis
- implementation of Action
- Marx: continuous action in history; leads to certain awareness which leads to other set of actions; work, technology…
- Xtianity: God acts on us; leads to reflect on how God acts on the person and what he wants us to do; no total answers but sufficient; transcendental view…
2. History
- participation with the historical action (science, justice, society…) in preparation for the final end; salvation is in the future; not simply meditation
3. Messiah vs. Proletariat
- one suffers to save mankind/society
4. Role of Church vs. Party
- prepares society/mankind to the final end
5. Sin vs. Alienation
- brokenness of man; comes to end after revolution/judgement
6. Final End
- kingdom of God vs. Classless Society; inspires us all to want to change.
Without the transcendental sense,
Marx may be right there is nothing else to worry except work.
But there is such a thing as a transcendental sense,
Thus, there is a matter between me and my God.
1. Alienation
- From the self, fellowmen, nature, work
- Corrected only in the historical revolution
2. Universal
- work = the only universal factor; universalizes man: linked to a universe of man
3. Dialectic
- Hegel: “God is abstract and alone so he externalizes himself through creation of nature and of man”; “Religion, art, philo = highest cultural values, the consciousness of man reaching God’s.”
- Marx: “Man externalizes himself through work and in so doing realizes himself”
4. Praxis
- No such thing as pure worker or pure thinker/no monopoly on either side
- As I think, I work. As I work, I think actively.
Issues/Questions
1. Atheism
- Nietzsche: not visibly an atheist, only a critic
- Marx: essentially an atheist
- Basic reality: society, man, and nature is bound together by work
- No such thing as vertical dimension
- The solution to everything is Work work work work work work
- Fix economic problems, there will be no religion
- Marxism and atheism go together
2. Violence
- the very discrepancy between forms and forces of production
- result of the alienation
- essential? It is the fact of life; it’s already there. Victims are not aware of what is happening and what needs to be done.
- Proletariat = the waking up, the reign of consciousness
- Party = prepares the proletariat gain consciousness; paves the way for violence: (essential in view of the goal, classless society) (not a senseless violence, factories should not be destroyed)
3. Individual Person
- Marx: man is social, we depend on one another
- Individual dimension: search for self, meaning of life à not important/doesn’t matter
- The meaning of life is dying for society, life is meant for the society
Parallelism with Xtianity
1. Praxis
- implementation of Action
- Marx: continuous action in history; leads to certain awareness which leads to other set of actions; work, technology…
- Xtianity: God acts on us; leads to reflect on how God acts on the person and what he wants us to do; no total answers but sufficient; transcendental view…
2. History
- participation with the historical action (science, justice, society…) in preparation for the final end; salvation is in the future; not simply meditation
3. Messiah vs. Proletariat
- one suffers to save mankind/society
4. Role of Church vs. Party
- prepares society/mankind to the final end
5. Sin vs. Alienation
- brokenness of man; comes to end after revolution/judgement
6. Final End
- kingdom of God vs. Classless Society; inspires us all to want to change.
Without the transcendental sense,
Marx may be right there is nothing else to worry except work.
But there is such a thing as a transcendental sense,
Thus, there is a matter between me and my God.
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