German ideologists contend that the country has undergone incomparable revolution characterized with the decomposition of Hegelian philosophy, sweeping of the powers of the past, subjection of mighty empires into immediate doom, and hurling of heroes into obscurity.
With respect to German Ideology, it is befitting to note that German criticism did not quit the realm of philosophy. German criticism of body of enquiries sprung from the Hegelian philosophical system, and this explains why the Hegelian System has been criticized widely. These modern critics majored on substance, self-consciousness, the ‘unique’, and man. Many of the German philosophical criticisms were confined to religious conceptions.
It is a common notion that the existence of man is the foundation of human history. Men are different from animals in that they embody consciousness and have a religion, besides having social organizations whose basic unit is the family.
On a national scale, the relations of different nations depend on how a nation has developed its productive forces, division of labour, and internal intercourse. Division of labour resulted in a split-up of industrial and commercial labour from the agricultural labour. Various stages of development in division of labour are envisaged in clannish ownership, shared and state ownership, and feudal or estate property ownership.
Division of labour gives rise to the separation of society into individual families that are opposed to each other hence the unequal distribution of labour. Latent slavery thus arises in circumstances where wife and children become slaves of the husband. Division of labour makes the interests of individuals and those of community to conflict. Individuals become entangled in power alien to them – the world market. When the current state of society is ousted by communist’s revolution, the power becomes dissolved and the institution of the private property done away with. Single individuals will become liberated and history transformed into world history. All sided production will thus result.