Sadler's Lectures Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto - Class Conflict & The Rise Of The Bourgeoisie
Dec 7, 2025
Delve into the fiery ideas of Marx and Engels as they explore class struggle as the driving force of history. Discover how the bourgeoisie transformed from a minor social order to the dominant class through industrialization. The lecture highlights the evolution of production from guilds to machine-driven manufacture, leading to the rise of industrial millionaires. Uncover the dynamics between the bourgeoisie and proletariat, and how globalization reshaped societal norms. It's a riveting analysis of class conflict and societal transformation!
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History As Class Struggle
- Marx and Engels treat human history as a sequence of class struggles driving social change.
- The dominant class rises, displaces previous rulers, and reshapes society's structure and relations.
Bourgeoisie Replaces Old Hierarchies
- Modern bourgeois society replaces many old class divisions but preserves class antagonism.
- The central conflict becomes bourgeoisie versus proletariat as other classes fade in importance.
Bourgeoisie As Revolutionary Force
- The bourgeoisie began as a radical, revolutionary class that overturned feudal order.
- Their rise transformed production, property relations, and social understandings of people and society.
