Exam 2: Karl Marx

Discuss Marx's concept "the fetishism of commodities" from Capital.

The dominant economic class controls only a society's means of material production.

The Origin of Family, Private Property, and the State has which of the following as a foundation for its conception of history?

What will become a fetter to the continued development of the means of production?

What is Marx referring to when he writes "The universality of its property is the omnipotence of its being"?

According to Engels, which of the following ultimately became the decisive center of power in a civilized society?

What does Marx mean when he writes "…money is thus the object of eminent possession"?

In The Origin of Family, Private Property, and the State, what term is used to refer to the period of communally organized hunting and gathering societies?

Marx believed that capitalism was a necessary stage in the transition toward socialism/communism.

Classes are groups of individuals who share a common position in relation to

Summarize the main points of Engels's The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State. What weaknesses are present in this theory? What are the strengths of this theory (that you feel are still valid today)?

Marx's arguments stems from his agreement with Hegel on the real basis of the progression of human societies.

Raw materials, machinery for production or even more generally money, in Marx's economic framework, are all considered

For Marx, which of the following is a catalyst for social change and the prime mover of history?

Which of the following is a "class" in capitalism according to Marx?

What role does class consciousness play according to Marx in the evolution of society?

The cycle of exchange for the typical wage earner as outlined by Marx resembles which pattern?

It will be the proletariat who "chokes" on the overabundance of goods produced by ever increasing industrial efficiency.

Which form of family resulted in a new division of labor wherein the man received exclusive ownership of the means of production?

The superstructure consists of everything non-economic such as legal, political, and educational systems.