\u201cAntagonism (philosophy):
\nWhile implying active hostility and resistance, in Marxist philosophy antagonism also describes a mode of destruction and breakdown of contradiction. Antagonism and contradiction are not the same. Contradiction is the unity and struggle of opposites internal to a process that serves as the basis of development. At a certain stage, under definite conditions, the antagonistic mode of destruction destroys the old basic class contradiction.<\/p>\n
For instance, the struggle between serfs\/peasants and the nobility was the basic contradiction of the system of feudalism. Under feudalism new industrial classes were birthed with the industrial revolution \u2014 bourgeoisie (capitalist) and proletariat (industrial worker). The rise to dominance of new classes, new private property relations and new technology destroys and vanquishes the old classes and old institutions of feudal society. This vanquishing is the process of destruction and how society moves in class antagonism.<\/p>\n
(See, Leap.)\u201d<\/p>\n
Excerpt From: Darryl Mitchell. \u201cMarxist Glossary Mini Edition 3.0.\u201d iBooks.<\/p>\n
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