Date of Award

5-1968

Document Type

Thesis - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Political Science

First Advisor

James H. Robb

Second Advisor

Joseph O'Malley

Third Advisor

Francis C. Wode

Abstract

According to Marx, productive activity arises as a result or the "need" of an individual to express himself to externalize himself. Thus, it is in keeping with this concept that the following . paper is written, since I feel that much can and needs to be learned from an examination of man's place in society and the world today. This is especially true when one realizes the frequency with which terms such as "alienation" and "class-consciousness" occur with reference to the "labor-movement." And this would be in keeping with Marx's own conclusion that philosophy was dependent on certain social-economic environmental conditions in order for it to be "practically" realized. In turn, philosophies up to his time had only interpreted the world differently; the real point was to change it.

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