ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -According to Marxism, there are two main classes of people: The bourgeoisie controls the capital and means of production, and the proletariat provide the labour. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels say that for most of history, there has been a struggle between those two classes. This struggle is known as class struggle.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thus, Marx thought that the capitalist system contained the seeds of its own destruction. The alienation and exploitation of the proletariat that are fundamental to capitalist relations would inevitably drive the working class to rebel against the bourgeoisie and seize control of the means of production.

Detailed explanation-3: -For Marx there are only two main classes, the bourgeoisie, that owns the means of production and the proletariat who work for them. The proletariat includes everyone who does not own the means of production. Even high paid workers in the tech industry are considered proletariats.

Detailed explanation-4: -One of the most powerful sociological explanations of social conflict is that of Karl Marx, who posited a class struggle between proletariat and bourgeoisie intrinsic to capitalist, industrial society.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to Marxism, there are two groups of people; bourgeoisie and proletariat, where the bourgeoisie controls the capital and the means of production, and the proletariats provide labor. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels say that there has been a struggle between the two classes.