This assignment requires you to develop an essay proposal and includes the essay proposal and an annotated bibliography. In order to do a plan for your essay topic you need to do some reading in the area you have chosen to focus on for the essay.
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Essay
Marxist theory was developed as a critical analysis of capitalism in the mid-1800s. The criticism was significant in developing global economies. The critique of capitalism arises from the viewpoint that capitalism is immorally exploitative. Therefore, the criticism provides an alternate form of political and economic system. In this context the essay proposal is developed and is discussed below.
The essay proposes exploration of Neo-Gramcian theory and another new approach called the analytical Marxism. The rationale to select the neo-conflict theories as they are intersection of both Marx and Engle’s ideas. Neo-Gramcian theory rejected the Marx’s thesis of class analysis by introducing the plurality of the variables. The analytical Marxism will be analysed together with Althusser’s criticism of Marxism, Habermas’ critique of Marxism (Moore 2010). The rational for choosing the analytical Marxism is it is centered around central themes and principles concerning methodological ideals and approaches.
In 21st century the Marxist and feminist interventions are receiving new energy by new generations. For instance the institutionalised feminism has made several academic compromises. It dissatisfied several feminist intellectuals and activists (Tsolakis 2010). They essay proposes to identify the failure to incorporate the “feminist insights” into the politics and theory inspired from Marxist in this century using the analytical Marxism. The target is to know if Marxist-feminist theory is useful in critiquing capitalism even in 21st century using the neo-conflict theories. Similarly there are various argument related to the labour theory of value. Meng (2010) argued that co-evaluation of economy and technology is possible only through labour theory of value and the same is explained by Marx. Therefore, the essay proposal will identify if the tendency to increase constant inputs holds significance as it will decrease the value of good produced.
The research will be conducted using qualitative research methodology. The theories and related arguments will be studied using anti-Marxism books and anti-communism theories. A systemic review will be conducted using databases such as Cochrane, CINHAL, Acedemic Search Premeire, JSTOR, American Psychology PsycINFO, and Scopos. Peer reviewed articles will be searched from 2010-2017 that has intended to criticise Marxist theory. Based on the articles extract relevant to the study topic themes will be generated. Based on the themes it can be concluded if Marxist theory can be criticised in 21st century.
