Classical Marxism Flashcards
What was the main belief of classical Marxism?
Capitalism must disappear before socialism and then communism could be established.
Who came up with the idea of the dialectic?
Hegel
What was historicism?
The idea that history was a series of stages with an inevitable destination.
What is a dialectic?
An intellectual clash which would occur within each stage of historicism.
When would a dialectic occur according to Freidrich Hegel?
When the narrative perpetuated by the ruling class contradicted the majority.
What were the consequences of the dialectic?
The spawn of a new society.
What modification did Marx and Engels make to historicism?
They stated that each stage of history was defined by a clash of economic ideas, and the dialectic would occur when one class became so economically dominant, and the other so exploited, that a revolution must occur.
What is historic materialism?
The idea that each stage of history is defined by a clash of economic ideas.
What conclusion did Marx and Engles draw from their work on historical materialism?
Capitalism was historically doomed due to the class consciousness it would create among the exploited.
Why did Marx and Engels see revolution as so necessary?
They believed it was necessary to smash capitalism when it became unsustainable via revolutionary violence.
For Marx and Engels, what wouldn’t work?
A gradualist approach, as the states being modified were servants of the economic system being sought to be destroyed.
What would occur within the new state when produced?
All traces of capitalist values would be obliterated and a. society based on communist common ownership would occur, one that was so flawless it would become the end of history and the state would wither away.
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