1. Marxism and Realism

2. Terms—Marxism & Realism
Thomas Malthus—Essay on Population (1798)
David Ricardo – Political Economy (1817)
Utopian Socialists
Robert Owen – New Lanark
Karl Marx – The Communist Manifesto (1848)
Bourgeoisie
Proletariat
Communism
Charles Darwin
Origin of the Species (1859) & The Descent of Man (1871)
Natural Selection
Social Darwinism

3. Adam Smith (Laissez-Faire)

4. Thomas Malthus (Essay on Population)

5. David Ricardo ( Political Economy)

6. Socialism
Grew out of the Enlightenment faith in progress, its belief in the basic goodness of human nature & its concern for social justice
Goal: a society that operated for the welfare of all the people

7. Robert Owen

8. New Lanark, Scotland

9. The Mills at New Lanark

10. Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels

11. The Communist Manifesto
Economic Determinism—economics drives social and individual behavior
Bourgeoisie—own and profit from wage labor. Have power.
Proletariat—factory workers who sold their labor

12. Communism (per Marx)
A new society based on social equality, community property and social cooperation.
No ruling class and no class conflict

13. Charles Darwin

14. Realism Response to industrial and urban changes
Attempt to represent the world as it was

15. Manet: Gare St. Lazare, 1873

16. Manet: A Bar at the Folies