Exam 2: Karl Marx

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

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

Marx refers to the middle-class owners of capital as

As discussed by the authors, Marx's basic theoretical orientation could be said to be individualist and nonrational.

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

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

Barbarism is marked by the domestication and breeding of animals for food, the development of irrigation techniques for the cultivation of crops, and iron plows for tilling large fields.

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

According to Marx's materialist conception of history, what is the relationship between property and ideas or consciousness?

When most people discuss Marx in the everyday, in what context is his work discussed? Is the common understanding of Marx's work, correct. Be specific.

Many anthropologists and historians believe Engels's ethnographically and historically accurate portrayal of the premodern family is the real strength behind The Origin of the Family.

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

Explain the role "pairing families" and monogamy play in the subjugation of women in civilized society.

Which classical sociological theorist wrote The Origin of Family, Private Property, and the State?

Define Marx's concept of "species being." Discuss its significance in relation to his concept of alienation. Use specific quotes from the "Economic Manuscripts" for support.

Marx refers to propertyless wage earners as

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

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

According to Marx, the standard on which the value of commodities is based is

Explain Marx's line "a commodity is therefore a mysterious thing simply because in it the social character of men's labor appears to them as an objective character stamped upon the product of that labor…"