Karl Marx (Leaving Cert Politics and Society): Quizzes
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What were Karl Marx's birth and death years?
What were Karl Marx's birth and death years?
1818-1883
What did Marx believe theory should lead to?
What did Marx believe theory should lead to?
Practical action & social transformation
Which two works present Marx's philosophy of history and theory of social transformation?
Which two works present Marx's philosophy of history and theory of social transformation?
Das Capital & The Communist Manifesto
What does dialectical materialism argue?
What does dialectical materialism argue?
Economic conditions determine history
According to Marx, what determines people's consciousness?
According to Marx, what determines people's consciousness?
Their social existence
What did Marx identify as the fundamental story of history?
What did Marx identify as the fundamental story of history?
Class conflict and struggle
Who are the bourgeoisie in Marx's theory?
Who are the bourgeoisie in Marx's theory?
Those who own means of production
How did Marx describe the proletariat?
How did Marx describe the proletariat?
Wage slaves
What is surplus value in Marx's theory?
What is surplus value in Marx's theory?
Value kept by capitalists as profit
What does alienation mean in Marx's critique?
What does alienation mean in Marx's critique?
Workers separated from production
What was Marx's revolutionary call to workers?
What was Marx's revolutionary call to workers?
Workers of the world, unite!
What role does the state play according to Marx?
What role does the state play according to Marx?
Instrument of oppression
What principle would govern distribution in communist society?
What principle would govern distribution in communist society?
From each ability, to each need