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Sukanya Das, Lovely Professional University Unit-12: Theory of Marx of Social Change

unit-12: theory of marx of social change notes

contents

Objectives
Introduction

12.1 Theory of Marx
12.2 Summery

12.3 Keywords
12.4 Review Questions

12.5 Further Readings

objectives

After studying this unit, the students will be able to:
y To understand the notion of Marxist social change,
y To get knowledge theory related to social change of Marx,
y Relevance of theory related to Marxist social change.

introduction

According to Marx, Society is not only a temporary framework, but is a dynamic fullness. Economic
factors provide movement to this fullness. On the basis of his theory of entire social change on
economic factors Marx has written, “Political, Legal, Philosophical, literary and artistic development
is dependent on economic development. But they do process on each other and this reaction based
on economical basis. It doesn’t mean that economic situation is the only active factor, and indirect
effect of all other factors. There is mutual contact on the field of economical need and so finally, the
effect of it is there only.”
Therefore, it is Karl Marx’s hard opinion that the base of cultural super structure of society is the
relation related production. With this view from these relations related to production Marx implies
to social relations. So the substantial ground of his this theory is that after coming changes in these
relation related productions society also get changed.

12.1 theory of marx

The notion of Marxist social change gets approximately clear above materialistic interpretation of
history. According to Marx, all the changes of history only happen after consequent changes in
production-process. The Geographic situations, increase in population etc. factors must have an effect
on human-life, but all of these are not determining factors of social change.

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