Week 2: Marx & Engels

Question 1

Identify key terms for this Reading (Karl and Engels)

Answer 1

The Communist manifesto, capitalism, bourgeoisie and prolitariat, exploitation, revolution and internal contradictions

Question 2

What is the Communist manifesto

Answer 2

It is a political pamphlet in which Marks and Rngels collaborated on to outline the principles of communism and the historical development of class struggles

Question 3

What is it that the Communist manifesto advocated for

Answer 3

A prolitarian revolution that would eventually overthrow the capitalist system

Question 4

Give a brief definition of what the capitalist system is

Answer 4

It is an economic system characterized by private property and production ownership by the bourgeoisie and a working class (proletariat)

Question 5

Give one reason why the Communist manifesto is is relevant

Answer 5

It fueled the rise of labor unions and worker-led organizations

Question 6

What prediction did Carl and Friedrich make on the downfall of capitalism

Answer 6

The bourgeoisie would eventually put themselves in a crisis where the production forces they created start out stripping the existing conditions of production

Question 7

What prediction did Carl and Friedrich emphasize on when it comes to the overthrowing capitalism

Answer 7

The predicted capitalism would eventually pay for a for a socialist society in which everyone is equal and they are now classes and well and material resources are contributed equally

Question 8

Which Framework was used by Carl and Frederick on the communist manifesto

Answer 8

Historical materialism

Question 9

What is historical materialism

Answer 9

It’s a framework that analyzes human history through the lens of class struggles and material conditions

Question 10

State the methods that Marx and engels used to understand the dynamics of society

Answer 10

empirical investigation and objective analysis

Question 11

What method did they use that opposed with the previously held utopian visions for society

Answer 11

They used an approach that was rooted in scientific understanding

Question 12

What did the contradictions in the capitalist system entail

Answer 12

The contradictions according to Carl and Fredrick We’re inherent to capitalism and that they would eventually cause cause it’s Downfall

Question 13

On which basis did they base their research instead of abstract speculation

Answer 13

Empirical evidence

Question 14

What did Carl and Frederick did deduce through Hegel’s dialectical method

Answer 14

• capitalism is a temporary yet necessary stage that would eventually give way to communism

Question 15

State 4 criticisms that Karl and Frederick were put under

Answer 15

Economic feasibility political authoritarianism and failed historical predictions

Question 16

What is Hegel’s dialectical method

Answer 16

It’s a philosophical framework that emphasizes the development of human history and society through contradiction and resolution

Question 17

In Hegel’s dialectical method what is a thesis

Answer 17

It is the original and fixed idea that later gives rise to an Anti Thesis Because of internal contradictions leading to a synthesis

Question 18

What is the anti thesis according to Hegel’s dialectical method

Answer 18

This is the opposing idea to the fixed idea

Question 19

What is the synthesis according to Hegel’s dialectical method

Answer 19

This is an idea that includes both the fixed idea and the opposing idea but transcends them Which result in a higher level of understanding

Question 20

In the context of the Communist manifesto what did Karl and Frederick conclude was the thesis the antithesis and the synthesis

Answer 20

Thesis is the proletariat which are the Owners of modern society

The antithesis is the proletariat which are industrial workers

The synthesis is a classless society in which material resources are shared equally

Question 21

What were the results of the capitalist system’s drive for-profit accumulation and technological advancement

Answer 21

Periodic crisis of overproduction and economic instability Which exposed the unjust nature of capitalism

Question 22

Name 2 ways in which Carl and Frederick predicted that on the proletariat class would overthrow capitalism

Answer 22

Through collective action and Class struggles

Question 23

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