Purpose

To analyze and demonstrate knowledge of industrialization, Marxism, and communism

Theme

The theme of this module’s discussion is ideology.

Directions and Reading

Pick one of the following questions to answer. No matter what question you pick, you should read ALL of the primary sources assigned for this module.

When you have completed your response, please respond to another classmate’s post with a substantial response. You can engage in friendly debate or add additional analysis and points to your classmate’s post.

Note: You will not be able to view your classmates’ posts until you make your first post.

Question: Signs of the Times:

Thomas Carlyle, Excerpts from “http://www.professorcampbell.org/sources/carlyle.html” (1829) and Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Excerpts from The Communist Manifesto  http://www.professorcampbell.org/sources/marx.html(1848), and then answer the following questions:

• To what extent do Carlyle and Marx seem to agree about the nature of the problems inherent in the rapid industrialization of 19th century society?
• How do they disagree?
• Which authors analysis seems more perceptive, and why?

You should support your responses with specific, correctly-cited examples from the documents in question