Karl Marx's Theory of Alienation and Class Struggle

Karl marx’s Theory of Alienation and Class Struggle

Project submitted to

Dr. Ayan Hazra

(faculty: Sociology)

Project submitted by

AMAN JAIN

(Economics, mAJOR)

Semester one

HIDAYATULLAH NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY

RAIPUR, C.G.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgement 3

Research Methodology 4

Introduction 5

Theory of Alienation 6

Theory of Class Struggle 8

Criticism of Marx 10

Marx in Contemporary World 17

Conclusion 18

Bibliography 19

Acknowledgement

At the outset, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude and thank my teacher, Dr. Ayan Hazra for putting his trust in me and giving me a project topic such as this and for having the faith in me to deliver. Sir, thank you for an opportunity to help me grow.

My gratitude also goes out to the staff and administration of HNLU for the infrastructure in the form of our library and IT Lab that was a source of great help for the completion of this project.

Aman Jain

(Semester one)

Research Methodology

This Doctrinal research is descriptive and analytical in nature. Secondary and Electronic resources have been largely used to gather information and data about the topic.

Books and other reference as guided by Faculty of Sociology have been primarily helpful in giving this project a firm structure. Websites, dictionaries and articles have also been referred.

Introduction

Karl Marx (1818-1883), German political philosopher and revolutionary, the most important of all socialist thinkers and the creator of a system of thought called Marxism. With political economist Friedrich Engels, he founded scientific socialism (now known as communism); for this, Marx is considered one of the most influential thinkers of all time. He basically prophesized that man would someday create a paradise on Earth, that we would all someday live in brotherhood, sharing our wealth and talents.

Marx vision was based on...