PREMIUM-Episode 70: Marx on the Human Condition

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

• Episode: PREMIUM-Episode 70: Marx on the Human Condition
• Website: The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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• Duration: 00:30:48
• Published: 2013-01-30 06:51

On Karl Marx's The German Ideology, Part I, an early, unpublished work from 1846. What is human nature? What drives history? How can we improve our situation? Marx thought that fundamentally, you are what you do: you are your job, your means of subsistence. All the rest, this culture, this religion, this philosophy, is just a thin layer over our basic situation. Ideas are not primarily what changes the world; it's economics. Get the full discussion at partiallyexaminedlife.com.