Marx and german ideology
After reading through Marx’s German Ideology, I came to realize that it was not actually a critique on the faults of German thinkers or philosophers. It was more a critique on the nature of history, as we know it. For the most part, people see history reflected through ideologies that distorts reality. These ideologies exists in many forms, but they all sustain the "false consciousness," he argues history is. Some of the factors that he attributes to this are the sexual, religious, educational, occupational, political economic and technological aspects of our lives. Because of our need to fill or measure up to, these concepts, we remain dependent upon those who control their production. Therefore, in essence we see history in the form of objects that we produce, because in order to meet our personal physical needs, we must enter into labor. This in turn generates our needs into cultural and social action. Further, the
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Approximate Word count = 627
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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