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According to Marx, capitalism transforms even the personal relationships between men and women. Critically examine with illustrations from the contemporary Indian context.
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In The Communist Manifesto (1848), Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote that the bourgeoisie "has reduced the family relation to a mere money relation", leaving no bond between people but naked self-interest and "callous cash payment". Intimacy, in this view, is reshaped by property and the market. Contemporary India confirms much of this, but also…
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