marx, 'on the jewish question' questions
1.) What is the nature of man? What are his or her rights?
2.) What is his or her relationship to the state, for Marx? Or ‘civil society’?
3.) Is there a distinction between ‘freedom from’ and ‘freedom to’?
4.) What is the connection between history, science, and religion?
5.) From where does Marx draw examples, and do you feel that there are connections to be made today?
2.) What is his or her relationship to the state, for Marx? Or ‘civil society’?
3.) Is there a distinction between ‘freedom from’ and ‘freedom to’?
4.) What is the connection between history, science, and religion?
5.) From where does Marx draw examples, and do you feel that there are connections to be made today?
posted by { jw } at 9:53 PM
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There may be cases where emancipation of an individual group without emancipation of the whole is not possible. At first glance it might seem that in the US, we managed movements of black civil rights as well as womens rights. But many would argue that neither of those movements are completed, probably because the nation as a whole has not made the same progress that the individual groups have, and also because they are still considered groups and separate. A very current example that comes to mind is the movement of gay marriage. There have been many attempts to grant gays the right to marry like heterosexual couples can, but for the most part these have been thwarted and no nationwide progress has been made since Bush came into office. In California last year, the mayor of San Francisco caused a huge hope to be kindled by issuing real marriage certificates to gays at city hall. A lot of people felt that this would be the beginning of a turn in history. But although in that instance the couples were temporarily emancipated, and married, the majority of the country thought it was wrong, and the governer (governator) soon nulled all the marriage certificates. They now mean nothing, legally. Clearly a change of attitude much more massive and involving a larger portion of the population will have to take place before gays themselves are able to marry.
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