Impoverishment theory debate

Japanese: 窮乏化説論争 - きゅうぼうかせつろんそう
Impoverishment theory debate

The theory that the development of a capitalist economy inevitably leads to the impoverishment of the working class. Although it is not a term used by K. Marx, the content of this theory is an aspect of his theory, and it has been considered to be an important argument for the movement to abolish capitalism and realize socialism through the unity of the working class.
[Marx's Impoverishment Theory]
For example, in The Communist Manifesto, co-authored with Engels, he had already stated the following: Modern bourgeois society, which arose from the decline of feudal society, has reduced various lower middle classes to the proletariat, and increasingly simplified the class conflicts in all society into two great classes: the bourgeoisie and the proletariat.

*Some of the terminology used in relation to the "impoverishment theory controversy" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…資本主義経済の発展にともない不可避的に労働者階級の窮乏化がすすむという学説。K.マルクスの用語ではないが,内容的には彼の学説の一面をなし,労働者階級の団結により資本主義を廃止して社会主義を実現しようとする運動の重要な論拠を示すものとみなされてきた。
[マルクスの窮乏化説]
 彼はたとえばエンゲルスとの共著《共産党宣言》でもすでにほぼつぎのように述べていた。すなわち,封建社会の没落から生まれた近代ブルジョア社会は,さまざまな下層の中産階級をプロレタリアに転落せしめ,ブルジョアジーとプロレタリアートとの二大階級に全社会の階級対立をますます単純化していく。…

※「窮乏化説論争」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Law of impoverishment

>>:  Mortar - Kyuho

Recommend

Red barracuda - Akakamasu (English spelling)

A marine fish of the order Perciformes, family Sp...

General drawing (architectural drawing) - Ippanzu

…The overall section is a vertical cross-section ...

Eiho Nagao - Eiyu Eiho

...A Zen monk and kyoka poet from the Azuchi-Momo...

Demon King - Oniou

Year of birth: Unknown. He was a servant to the So...

Mertensia pterocarpa (English spelling) Mertensiapterocarpa

…[Tetsuichi Yahara]. … *Some of the terminology t...

Kingdom of Etruria

…Tuscany, together with Lombardy, was the center ...

Toubkal (mountain) (English spelling) Jabal Ṭubqāl

Of the three Atlas Mountains that run east to west...

Yen (theater) - En

…In other words, in 1963, Tsuneari Fukuda, Hirosh...

Chivalrous man - kyōkaku

[China] In ancient China, those who formed gangs ...

Almond moth

…The larvae are major pests of stored grains and ...

Bubalus bubalis (English spelling) Bubalusbubalis

...Buffaloes, including males, have no neck fur, ...

The Chronicles of Narnia - Narnia Stories

British critic and novelist C.S. Lewis This is a s...

Bakabayashi - Bakabayashi

Another name for Edo or Edo-style festival music....

Anxiety - fuan (English spelling) anxiety

Anxiety is a mental reaction experienced by everyo...

Kamoyama Park

…In Jingamine in the north, ceramics (tiles and c...