Marx

Question 1

How does Marx conceptualize dialectical materialism?

Answer 1

changes happens through contradiction in material conditions and class struggle

Question 2

Who are the bourgeoisie, according to Marx?

Answer 2

Those who own the means of production, profit off surplus labor, and controls wealth and ideology.

Question 3

Who are the proletariat, according to Marx?

Answer 3

Those who sell their labor power for wages.

Question 4

What types of alienation do the proletariat suffer from, according to Marx?

Answer 4

Alienation from:
1. the product of labor - they don’t own what they make
2. the process of labor - repetitive and unfulfilling work
3. own being - lose human potential and creativity
4. others - competition replaces cooperation

Question 5

What are the proletariat’s stages of struggle, according to Marx?

Answer 5

1. Individual
2. Unions
3. Labor Laws
4. Global Revolution

Question 6

According to Marx, this is the guiding principle of socialism.

Answer 6

To each according to his contribution

Question 7

According to Marx, this is the guiding principle of communism.

Answer 7

From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.