Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Given the following quote: "Philosophers have so far interpreted the world. the point however is to change it."What implications does Marx's...

I think that this quote brings out Marx's idea of praxis
that became such a strong part of his thinking and the resultant forces that owe their
source to him.  Marx's thought was different than other philosophical tenets of the time
period because it was rooted in understanding and action as a result of this
comprehension.  Philosophy prior to Marx did not include the dimension of action.  For
example, what action can be taken out of Descartes?  One will always think and always
doubt.  The resultant action of Cartesian thought is in the subjective and in the
internal concsciousness.  For Marx, though, philosophy is only good in terms of the
action that is spurned from it.  The trend of philosophy that remained chained to the
realm of the subjective  was something that was rebuked with Marxist thought.  It is
here where philosophy was moved into the realm of social justice and action. Praxis
became the point where thought and action merged into one.  The "interpretation" of
philosophers that is alluded to in the quote is moved into action with Marx's thought
and his analysis.  In this light, literature and the printed word has to result in some
level of social change or solidarity in order to present a transformative vision of
art.

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