Karl Marx

The process goes as follows: thesis, antithesis _______ wherein something new comes into being.

synthesis

Karl Marx

1818-1883. 19th century philosopher, political economist, sociologist, humanist, political theorist, and revolutionary. Often recognized as the father of communism. Analysis of history led to his belief that communism would replace capitalism as it replaced feudalism. Believed in a classless society.

The main element of hegels thinking that Marx integrated into his own was that of the.

Dialectical

according to Marx the material substructure of society defines every aspect of a society _________ or ideas and cultural values ( art, philosophy, religious beliefs, educational, system)

Superstructure

mystification

The act of artfully perplexing.

Dialectical Materialism

The idea, according to Karl Marx, that change and development in history results from the conflict between social classes. Economic forces impel human beings to behave in socially determined ways.

Communism

a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

Capitalism

an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

Karl Marx (1818-1883)

coined the term "class" in which people are organized in social ranks.

primary questions

critique of capitalism exploitation of the proletarians dialectical materialism his form of materialism

karl marx was a philosopher that focused primarily on ________ conditions in his philosophical outlook.

economic

Marx called the material base of a society the substructure and claimed that it is made up of three components: The means of production The forces of production The relationship of production

land, equipment, who owns what

Marx on Materialism

material life is most fundamental in human life and thus needs the most attention

Marx was not traditional philosopher in the sense that he did not like abstraction and did not use it in his own philosophy. The process by which he felt people used abstraction to create elaborate metaphysical systems to distract people from material conditions is called

mystification

Alienation: Marx's View

powerlessness in the workplace resulting in the experience of isolation and misery

Five epochs

primitive communal slave feudal capitalist

Marx and Private Property

private property how the higher classes exploited the lower classes

Surplus Value (Marx)

the extra profit that the bourgeoisie make as result of keeping wages low for workers.

Superstructure (Marx)

the institutions controlled by the bourgeoisie that perpetuate the system of exploitation

Bourgeoisie

the middle class, including merchants, industrialists, and professional people

One of the primary topics of German ideology is

Marx views that materiality material in relations precede/define ideology and theory.

Proletariat

Marx's term for the exploited class, the mass of workers who do not own the means of production