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KARL MARX ONCE DISMISSED HUMAN RIGHTS AS ‘BOURGEOIS RIGHTS’ WHAT DID HE MEAN BY THAT AND WAS HE RIGHT?
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KARL MARX ONCE DISMISSED HUMAN RIGHTS AS 'BOURGEOIS RIGHTS' * WHAT DID HE MEAN BY THAT AND WAS HE RIGHT? Karl Marx, the German journalist, radical political activist and co-creator of The Communistic Manifest is undoubtedly known for many claims. However, his critique of rights and his overall point of view on them are not so well-known. Karl Marx criticised the very basic human rights and what more he also claimed that that the whole discussion about the rights is just an "ideological nonsense". (Craig,1998:130) According to Karl Marx, the very basics of human existence, such as a morality, religion, rights and legislative are just bourgeois prejudices, which are used for hiding their interests. In this essay will be described the connection which Karl Marx made between the human rights and the rights of bourgeoisie. This essay will also explain why he did that and what the purpose of his critique was. In my point...
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