Theoretical Perspective Paper. Marxist Theory Perspective in Social Relations.

Marxist Theory Perspective in Social Relations
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Introduction
Social relations are aspects of life that has been part of humanity from time immemorial. Almost everything in the lives of human beings starts from social relations. In this paper, we use the Marxist and NeoMarxist theory to understand how it is used in anthropology and social relations. To start with, Neo-Maxism is a social theoretical theory that was coined in the 20th Century to extend or amend the Marxism and Marxist theory, by adding thoughts from Jean Paul Sartre like existentialism, psychoanalysis and critical theory.
According to (Wolf, 1982), humankind constitutes several related processes that make us understand the concepts of culture, societies and nations better. It insinuates that we live in one world that has ecological connections. This implies that an issue that affect one part of the world could potentially affect another part of the world. For instance, European grapevines are destroyed by American plant lice, and New York is affected by Hong Kong Flu. This represent demographic connections. Also, there are economic connections that have affected the world. For instance, the shutdown of Persian Gulf oil wells led to the halt of Ohio generating plants, at one point the America draining of US dollars in Frankfurt caused scarcity of the currency. There are also political connections of the world. For instance, European originated war reverberated to different parts of the globe and also in the past, American troops have intervened in the border disputes between Egypt and Asia. If we look at those connections we conceive that there is a common process that establishes and generates them. The common process is manifold human relations across the globe.
Wealth creation is another aspect of life and human relation that the Marxist theory advances. Since, countries have different economic, political and social abilities, which brings the aspect of wealth creation that is varied due to the state relations that are dependent on state class. These concerns of wealth creation and class were common to both to socialists and conservatives. Marx pronounced himself on the economic, political and social connections when he saw the effect of class and political economy on wealth production and human relations.
However, according to the Marxist theory, the political economy has made people to turn against the concept of class due to the wide economic gaps that are witnessed between the rich and the poor that has brought about inequality in our society. In Marxist view, political, economic and social relations were perceived to bring divisions into antagonistic classes that harbor different capabilities and interests. This is contrary to the government’s role of bringing together antagonistic parties to have a consensus. Several go...