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Marxism
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Sociology
Undergraduate 3
03/06/2014

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Marxism
Definition
capitalism refers to epoch (historical period) in which there is a class system in which the proletariat (working class) is exploited by the bourgeoisie (social class who owns means to production and capital)
Term
proletariat
Definition

- working class

 

- owns only their capacity to work and are trapped in the "idiocy of rural life"

Term
bourgeoisie
Definition
social class who owns means to production and capital
Term
capitalism
Definition
an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state
Term
Historical/Dialectical Materialism
Definition

history and events happen from CLASS STRUGGLES in society --> PROGRESSIVE CLASSES arise that are related to new forms of production and conflict with the old --> NEW FORMS OF SOCIETY arise to adjust when progressive classes win power

 

class struggles --> progressive classes --> new society

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revolution
Definition
way in which new classes win power
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bourgeois democratic revolution
Definition
way in which capitalist class wins power over feudal class; replaces face-to-face feudal relationship with "cash nexus" (depersonalized connection b/t employees and employers)
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proletarian revolution
Definition

- capitalism creates proletariat who have nothing to sell but their labor

- Marx belives must be violent because bourgeoisie will not give up power by their free will

Term
In capitalism, the proletariat is the progressive class which is destined to overthrow capitalism and establish socialism, which will eventually evolve into communism.
Definition
In capitalism, the proletariat is the progressive class which is destined to overthrow capitalism and establish socialism, which will eventually evolve into communism.
Term
6 Stages of History
Definition

Tribal: hunter-gatherers (classless)

Ancient: Rome/Greece, master dictates slave

Feudalism: offering land in exchange for goods/labor (nobility rules)

Capitalism: trade and industry controlled by private owners rather than state (bourgeoisie rules)

Socialism: public ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange (proletariat rules)

Communism: ownership of all property ascribed to state (classless)

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