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Question
Identify the wrong pair in the following, correct it and rewrite.
Options
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel - ‘Reason in History’
Leopold von Ranké - ‘The theory and Practice of History'
Herodotus - ‘The Histories’
Karl Marx - ‘Discourse on the Method’
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Solution
The Incorrect Pair is Karl Marx - ‘Discourse on the Method’.
The correct pair is Karl Marx - Das Kapital.
Explanation:
Karl Marx wrote the book titled ‘Das Kapital’ in which he explains that inequality led to division in society. This inequality occurred because human beings establish their relationships according to their needs, ownership, and the means through which these needs are fulfilled. Karl Marx justifies that history is about the class struggle and in Das Kapital he describes the class that holds power to economically exploit other classes.
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