question archive Karl Marx wrote: 'The country that is more developed industrially only shows, to the less developed, the image of its own future'
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Karl Marx wrote: 'The country that is more developed industrially only shows, to the less developed, the image of its own future'. What is Marx saying and was his prognosis correct? In answering the question, please draw on at least one theory and use historical examples.
Answer:
1. When Marx said,
'The country that is more developed industrially only shows, to the less developed, the image of its own future'.
He means that, when a poor country follow a developed country and put industrialism as priority to attain economic growth , this poor country already sees a future waiting ahead for itself.
2. This statement of Marx is somewhat true. But countries are totally different in nature, and has weakness and strengths when it comes to adopting economic systems like Industrialism. The country and its givernment has to assess itself if it can handle a fast industrialized arena for its people and merchants. It is important to remind ourselves that Industrialization may imply greater income however would possibly efffect social, economic and environmental issues negatively. Expansion of trade may also imply expansion of risks to economic downfall.
3. Modernization Theory
Max Weber, a german sociologist suggests in this theory that there has to be a transition of traditional societies from being traditional and pre- moderm to being MODERN society. It attempts to identify what causes progress in a country. This theory emphasizes the acceptance of change from being traditional to being INDUSTRIALIZED- which is mechanizes by mass production of goods to even the farthest border.
References:
Blufer, B. (1974). The concept of modernization and development in
Marx's, Lenin's and Marxist-Leninist thought. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi%3Farticle%3D3634%26context%3Dtheses&ved=2ahUKEwj50dzpiq7wAhWZyYsBHapSDKsQFjAVegQIGBAC&usg=AOvVaw1MRo-1tmVH4EaMlnKxPD&cshid=1620064734083
https://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/aca_socialsciences_polisci/150422_IA_Comps_Modernization-Theory-Comparative-Study-Of-Societies.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjI6qDSiq7wAhWGNpQKHSzkDdUQFjAbegQILBAC&usg=AOvVaw061SncHymicCLQ-bpGtM9c&cshid=1620064639475