For Marx, economic relations are objective conditions independent of men’s will

Evidence

Here, not only is material production and its relations the determining factor, but the “corresponding” social relations are given —definite, indispensable, and independent of men’s will: objective conditions of a social mode of production. These, under determinate conditions, constitute a stage . This—material mode, relations of production—is what is designated as “the economic structure.” It forms the base, the “real foundation.” From it arise the legal and political superstructures. And to this correspond theoretical productions and definite forms of social consciousness. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 486

Categorization

Category: Definitional Content

• DEFINE: Defines what Marx means by ‘economic structure’ as objective, given conditions independent of men’s will.

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