WORLD HISTORY

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

MAJOR EVENTS IN PRE REVOLUTION RUSSIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In his writings, Karl Marx viewed Europe’s social changes resulting from the Industrial Revolution as a
A
class struggle.
B
rise in nationalism.
C
democratic movement.
D
decline of imperialism.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -an increase of movement to rural areas. In his writings, Karl Marx viewed Europe’s social changes resulting from the Industrial Revolution as a: class struggle.

Detailed explanation-2: -Marx said that every class struggle is a political struggle. This means that, if the proletarians and capitalists are waging an economic struggle against each other today, they will be compelled to wage a political struggle tomorrow and thus protect their respective class interests in a struggle that bears two forms.

Detailed explanation-3: -Marx believed that Revolution was both fundamentally essential and inevitable to the progress of human society. He anticipated that eventually the workers of the world would realise they ‘have nothing to lose but their chains’ and revolt against the industrialists and capitalists who covertly controlled their lives.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Marx’s view social development was a dialectical process: the transition from one stage to another took place through a revolutionary transformation, which was preceded by increased deterioration of society and intensified class struggle.

Detailed explanation-5: -Karl Marx argued that an industrial society was capitalist. He believed that the only way workers can free themselves from the capitalist exploitation is to overthrow the rule of private property and construct a society where all property was socially controlled-a communist society.

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