The Individual and Society in the Communist Manifesto Essay -- Karl Ma

The Individual and Society in the communistic Manifesto The end of 19th century, Western Society was changing physically, philosophically, economically, and politically. It was an influential and critical time in that the Industrial Revolution created a new class. Many contemporary observers realized the dramatic transfigures in society. Among these were Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels who observed the check up ons of the working man, or the proletariat, and saw a change in how goods and wealth were distributed. In their Communist Manifesto, they described their observations of the inequalities between the emerging wealthy middle class and the proletariat as well as the condition of the proletariat. They argued that the proletariat was at the mercy of the new emerging middle class, or middle class, and could only be rescued by Communism a new economic form.During the 19th century, the proletariat was at the mercy of the bourgeoisie for survival. The bourgeoisie imposed cond itions that required the proletariat to work under harsh, unsafe, and unhealthy industries. Cities were overcrowded, unsafe, and hazardous due to the many an(prenominal) factors including the smoke from the factories that clouded the skies. Earlier, Friederich Engels had described the conditions of the proletariat in the town of Manchester. He saw, everything which here aroused horror and indignation as of recent origin which belonged to the Industrial Epoch.1 not only did the proletariat have to work in unsafe factories but also was doomed to life long misery. Marx and Engels saw both the proletariat and the bourgeoisie as an outgrowth of feudal society. They argued that the bourgeoisie emerged as a result of exploration and discovery of new land, ... ...8 Hadley Cantril, The Politics of Despair (New York Basic Books, Inc., 1958), 419 Bertell Ollman, Alienation Marxs Conception of Man in the Capitalist Society (New York Cambridge University Press, 1971), 131.10 Neil Harding, Marx, Engels and the Manifesto Working Class, Party, and Proletariat. Journal of Political Ideologies (1998) 13-4411 Karl Marx and Friederich Engels, The Communist Manifesto (London England 1848) Proletarians and Communists.12 Hadley Cantril, The Politics of Despair (New York Basic Books, Inc., 1958), 85-86, 87, 95. 13 Hadley Cantril, The Politics of Despair (New York Basic Books, Inc., 1958), 8714 Hadley Cantril, The Politics of Despair (New York Basic Books, Inc., 1958), 94 15 Antonio Gilman, The Communist Manifesto, 150 years later. Antiquity (1998) 910- 913.