Socialism and Marxism

Question 1

why did socialism develop and what was the appeal

Answer 1

• first used during industrial revolution
• appealed to people wanting to end ecumenic injustice
• intellectuals disliked the new rise to power of a money driven economy

Question 2

utopian socialists

Answer 2

the stressed communitarian ideals on a local level after liberalism and industrialization failed

Question 3

scientific socialists/marxists

Answer 3

stressed how class conflict would ultimately lead to a social revolution on a world wide scale

Question 4

Marxism

Answer 4

• the key relationship was between classes
• all factory workers should be in the same class
• he said the motor of history was class conflict
• he predicted that once 80-90% of society became workers, the revolution would begin
• also thought police were protecting rich from the poor

Question 5

Marx the scholar

Answer 5

• evaluates the incipient capitalism of his day

- makes predictions about the future

Question 6

Marx the activist

Answer 6

-the philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways, the point is to change it

Question 7

Marx good at

Answer 7

• pointing out the unethical aspects of capitalism
• threatening those in power do things they wouldn’t normally do
• encouraging academics

Question 8

Marx bad at

Answer 8

• providing accurate predictions
• estimating working class unity
• providing alternatives to the profit motive

Question 9

social democracies

Answer 9

societies where socialism and capitalism have been blended