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