Protestantism emerged from the Reformation and the rejection of otherworldly aestheticism form inner-worldly aestheticism. Aestheticism is the absence of worldly pleasure. Other-worldly aestheticism calls for the withdrawal from the world in order to avoid worldly pleasures and receive grace. On the other hand, inner-worldly aestheticism requires confrontation with the world and the avoidance of worldly [...]
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Marx believed that capitalism is the current mode of production developed by historical materialism. Capitalist society has inherent contradictions which will allow the progress of society and the creation a new social structure. Capitalism developed through the dialectic method of historical materialism and emerged from the contradictions in feudal society (Zeitlin 2001:171). Through trade, the [...]
