Marx and Engels' Critique of Germany Ideology of Rulership
Write a short text, a response, to the readings and discussions we have done so far. Topic is open. This is an invitation for you to explore what stuck out to you, what you felt was important and take that as a starting point for deeper exploration. If you would like, your text can include or connect to something (another text, a piece, etc.) that you are working on outside of this class/in your studio. Just keep in mind that this response, while short, should be written as a formal piece of writing. Do not use casual language or first person.
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A Critique of Germany Ideology
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A Critique of Germany Ideology
The ideology of rulership has existed for decades, and every person is confined under certain beliefs that push them to stand by specific policies. Ideally, everything taught in media houses or political campaigns only benefit a particular set of people (the ruling class). The ruling class is the dominant population in leadership. Everything that is taught in terms of democracy, policies, and rulership only serves the ruling parties' interests. Karl Marx uses the ideology of Germany in three blocks, capitalists, communists, and Material Conception. The core focus of this discussion is to determine the influence of abstract thoughts in the dominant class in rulership.
The “The German Ideology" concept Marx used to explain the illusions embedded in political leadership. Marx's ideas on ideology conflict with most philosophers. For example, ideas are products of abstract consciousness, which helps model reality (Marx & Engels, 1970). In this case, philosophers believe that change can only be achieved depending on the perception of social reality. It is an exciting idea since reality will only be birthed through conscious perception. However, Karl Marx and Frederik Engels provide conflicting dimensions in terms of abstract ideas. Marx reiterates that material conception, economic stability, and history are ideas that can only be built in mind.
In other words, they cannot be created in consciousness since it is a reality that is solely created in the mind. In most cases, moral decisions are usually dictated by material conceptions (Dumont, 1994). It is a perfect and true statement because this is the rea...