Marxism Flashcards
(10 cards)
Karl Marx
German & Jew
Majored in Philosophy
“The Communist Manifesto”
“Capital”
“The Communist Manifesto”
Marx
Called for a working class revolution to overthrow the capitalist system
“Capital”
Marx
Modern critic of modern capitalism
Would be destroyed by a socialist revolution
Marxist view of history
Two Stages Struggle between them
Dialectal materialism
The material world, has objective reality, and that ideas are ultimately reflections of material conditions
Marxist view of history
History is driven by class struggle and the development of modes of production
History of humanity must therefore always be studied and treated in relation to the history of industry and exchange
Marxist view of religion
Religion was a way to uphold a system of beliefs, ideas, and norms of the wealthy capitalists
Proletariat
The social class having no significant ownership of the means of production
Bourgeoisie
The social class that owns and controls the means of production, such as factories, land, and capital
Employers of the Proletariat
What will happen in the future?
Society would not be divided by have and have nots
Would contain no exploiters