ivilization. The second point Marx argues that helps shape human history is the interaction between people. Men realize that close interaction with one another is necessary for well-developed society. Yet when humans begin to form families it creates new social relations between them and leads to division of labor. The separation of the individuals into families and division of labor in the family develops unequal distribution, where the children and the wife are “slaves of the husband”(159) and where the more powerful and wealthy gets control over the weaker. Division of labor Marx states shows the distinction between the interest of the individual and the family and the general interest of the whole community. The ruling class, bourgeoisie, controls the productive forces and sets up the standards for society, so in the end it can alone benefit from them. The way the history develops is through the oppression of a more powerful individual, whose main goal is to satisfy his own needs. There is obvious lack of unity and equal interaction between members of the community. The pressure is placed upon the satisfaction of an individual needs not the general interest of the whole community.Unlike Marx, Freud stresses a great deal about the importance of community. He argues that the main factor in the development of history is human need for unity and well-organized community. He points out that from basic needs of human, which include food, water, shelter and clothes comes a greatest of all: the need for close interaction between people. Since the beginnings of every civilization people realized that living together in a close relations is very beneficial. Even though Freud argues men are very aggressive, they tend to overcome this inclination and try working together to attain happiness. The need for individual interest is lost as members of the community discover that one will not be able to survive alone without t...
