Gopal Balakrishnan: Class Conflict in a State Separated from Society
Gopal Balakrishnan explained that as civil society advanced, the split between state and society became more pronounced, turning the state into a battleground for competing class interests alienated labor rooted in universal exchange-dependence divided income into rent, profit, and wages Marx envisioned world-historical turning points in which these forms would be abolished one after another, reshaping the political landscape of Europe the complete argument here.