...thereafter Marx states that all relations "co-exist simultaneously and support one another."26 Moreover, 1n the social production of their existence, men inevitably enter into definite relations, which are dependent on their will, namely relations of production appropriate to a given stage in the development...

...which correspond to a definite stage of development of their material productive forces. The sum total of these relations of production constitutes the economic structure of society, the real basis, on which rises a legal and political superstructure, and to which correspond definite forms...

...activities. This entails a socio-economic process. As Marx puts it in the famous passage from the Critique: In the social production of their existence, men inevitably...appropriate to a given stage in the development of the material forces of production. The totality of these relations of production constitutes the economic...

...Economy, Marx denies the independent role of "will" and "consciousness" in transforming the social order: In the social production of their existence, men inevitably...relations of production appropriate to a given stage of development of their material forces of production. The totality of these relations of production...

...reduced to individual motivation or, as Hegel had argued, the general development of the human mind. 'In the social production of their existence men inevitably...definite relations which are independent of their will ... It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but their social existence...

...these relations of production correspond to a definite stage of development of their material powers of production. The totality of these relations of...economic structure of society — the real foundation. tP. 42) The relations of production, then, are the social relations through which humans organize production...

...which correspond to a definite stage of development of their material productive forces. The sum total of these relations of production constitutes the economic structure of society, the real basis, on which arises a legal and political superstructure, and to which correspond definite forms...

...gives this idea its clearest expression: In the social production of their existence, men invariably enter into definite relations which are independent of their will, namely relations 46 of production appropriate to a given stage in the development of the material forces of production....

...numbered for convenience of reference): ( 1 ) "In the social production of their existence, [people] inevitably enter into definite relations, which are...development of their material forces of production. (2) "The totality of these relations of production constitutes the economic structure of society, the...

...arrived and which, once reached, became the guiding principle of my studies can be summarized as follows. In the social production of their existence, men inevitably...independent of their will, namely relations of production [Produktionsverhaltnisse] appropriate to a given stage in the development of their material forces...