Marx predicted the proletariat would conquer the bourgeoisie in a revolution as the poorer proletariat was constantly growing in size and class consciousness Communist Manifesto ends with Men of All Countries, “Working Unite!” Marx united sociology, economics, and human history in a vast and imposing edifice Marx, following Ricardo, argued that profits were really wages stolen from the workers and incorporated charges of oppression of the new factory Engels’s workers theory of historical evolution was built on the philosophy of the Marx’s German Georg Hegel who believed that history was in each “ideas motion”: age is characterized by a dominant set of ideas, which produces a synthesis Marx retained view of history as a dialectic process of change but Hegel’s made economic relationships between classes the driving force; Marx believed it was the turn to give way to the socialism of revolutionary bourgeoisie’s workers (secular) The Romantic Movement Romanticism’s Tenets The romantic movement was in part a revolt against classicism and the Enlightenment Romanticism was characterized by belief in emotions, unrestrained imagination, and spontaneity in both art and personal life and (“Storm Stress” 1770-80s in Germany) Romantics lived lives of tremendous emotional intensity (suicides and strange illnesses common); many led bohemian lives, wearing hair long and uncombed Romantic artists rejected materialism and wanted to escape to lofty spiritual heights through their art (full development of human one’s unique potential)
Marx predicted the proletariat would conquer the bourgeoisie in a revolution as the poorer proletariat was constantly growing in size and class consciousness Communist Manifesto ends with “Working Men of All Countries, Unite!” Marx united sociology, economics, and human history in a vast and imposing edifice Marx, following Ricardo, argued that profits were really wages stolen from the workers and incorporated Engels’s charges of oppression of the new factory workers Marx’s theory of historical evolution was built on the philosophy of the German Georg Hegel who believed that history was “ideas in motion”: each age is characterized by a dominant set of ideas, which produces a synthesis Marx retained Hegel’s view of history as a dialectic process of change but made economic relationships between classes the driving force; Marx believed it was the bourgeoisie’s turn to give way to the socialism of revolutionary workers (secular) The Romantic Movement Romanticism’s Tenets The romantic movement was in part a revolt against classicism and the Enlightenment Romanticism was characterized by belief in emotions, unrestrained imagination, and spontaneity in both art and personal life (“Storm and Stress” 1770-80s in Germany) Romantics lived lives of tremendous emotional intensity (suicides and strange illnesses common); many led bohemian lives, wearing hair long and uncombed Romantic artists rejected materialism and wanted to escape to lofty spiritual heights through their art (full development of one’s unique human potential)
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