Marxist Theory Flashcards
1
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Capitalism
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Division between a class of owners and the class of labourers
2
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Alienation
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Our loss of controls over the labour and its products and separation from true nature
- owners control production
- labourers can’t afford to own their products
3
Q
Marx’s view on revolution
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- Abolish the state creating communist society
- Abolish exploitation of poor
- End alienation
4
Q
Class consciousness
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Capitalism sows the seeds of its own destruction
- proletariat create their own consciousness of its own economic and political interests
5
Q
Ideology
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The means of production own the means of production and control the mental production
- the dominant ideas in society
6
Q
Hegemony - Gramsci
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The ruling class are able to control ideologies in society as long as they spread it through institutions
