Question

Does Karl Marx have a conception of Human Nature?

Answer 1

conception ?

Answer 2

yes conception not in the birth of a child but as in the forming or devising a plan or idea

Answer 3

i didnt think you were talkin about birth thank you very much .

Answer 4

no need to be upset I was merely answering your question about the word of conception

Answer 5

From what I understand, Marx' concept of human nature was that work was a natural state of being in terms of basic survival and a system such as feudalism or capitalism subverted that natural order in making the fruits of your labor owned by someone else. It was as much an argument against a system like capitalism as it was in how he viewed human nature.

So for example, it's natural for you to work to grow food to feed your family, but not when you grow food for a landowner who then takes it away from you to sell it. However, because that person owns the land you're working on and pays you to farm it, you're shackled to that system and need to work it in order to survive under the grace of your employer who is benefiting from your labor even if they are not working the fields themselves.

Answer 6

It's a very rough summary, but I hope it helps.

Answer 7

If you need a source to help with this and need more detailed information, here's a handout from a course at the Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning at the University of San Francisco:

http://usf.usfca.edu/fromm/Handouts-Spring-2012/Dalton%20wk%205.pdf

Answer 8

im not upset :P lmao thanks for helping me understand your question (:

Answer 9

no. he's dead.