Topic 11 Historical Materialism

Question 1

Alienation

Answer 1

The separation of things that naturally belong together, or antagonism between those who are properly in harmony

Question 2

In 1844, Marx met Engels and in 1848 together they published…

Answer 2

The Manifesto of the Communist Party.

Question 3

Marxism

Answer 3

Movement in which the proletariat is the creator of a socialist society with which to build the foundations of communism, considered a system that allows the coexistence of society without social differences

Question 4

Materialistic thinking

Answer 4

Refers to the theory that had as principle of material life the existence of individuals

Question 5

Class struggle

Answer 5

Struggle between the privileged and the poor, thanks to inequality and the existence of social classes

Question 6

Marx’s types of societies; Ancient

Answer 6

Society based on agriculture and slavery for generating wealth, which is only taken by a few.
Political system based on conquest for wealth .

Question 7

Marx’s types of societies; Feudal

Answer 7

System based on agricultural exploitation.
Relationship between the feudal serfdom and serfs.
Political system based on the monarchy.

Question 8

Marx’s types of societies; Capitalist

Answer 8

Mass production of goods.
Exploitation of the bourgeoisie over the working class (proletariat).
Political system based on the republic and democracy.

Question 9

Who developed the Historical Materialism theory?

Answer 9

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

Question 10

According to Marx, what are the elements that form a society?

Answer 10

Power
Class conscience
Social relations
Production

Question 11

Dialectal materialism

Answer 11

Method designed to understand the constant contradictions and the ways society moves and human thought.

Question 12

Socialism

Answer 12

Form of organization based on common ownership of the means of production and finishing with private property