Saturday, February 16, 2008
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
" Definite individuals, living under definite relationships, can alone produce their material life and what is connected with it; are thus the conditions of their self-activity and are produced by this self-activity. The definite condition under which they produce , thus corresponds, as long as the contradiction has not yet appeared, to the reality of their conditioned nature, their one-sided existence, the one=sidedness of which only becomes evident when the contradiction enters on the scene and thus only exists for the later individuals". I had so much problems with this particular passage only because the writer seems to be jumbling his words.
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My interpretation of this quote was based on those that live one way. People who live a conditioned mundane life. While reading the quote for the first time, I felt that it was difficult to interpret. An example to support my definition towards this quote would be individuals that live in rural areas. In rural areas, it is rare that one will find others socializing with one another; due to economical limitations. i.e. Lack of money and transportation. This mundane way of living is a tradition, which is passed down from generation to generation. Another example would be the British monarchy. These people live one way. Their lifestyle consist of wealth, rules,regulations and guards, etc. They marry into wealth, and, prestige. A prince marries a princess. There is no change in this way of living.
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