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According to Marxism, what influences all other social phenomena within a society?

  • Political institutions
  • Legal systems
  • Mode of production (correct)
  • Cultural systems

What does Marxism argue will inevitably lead to a proletarian revolution?

  • Class struggle
  • Capitalism (correct)
  • Marxist economics
  • Social contradictions

In a socialist society, what would replace private property as the means of production?

  • Individual ownership
  • Foreign ownership
  • State ownership
  • Collective ownership (correct)

According to Marxian crisis theory, what is socialism?

<p>An economic necessity (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who popularized the term 'Marxism'?

<p>Karl Kautsky (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does historical materialism analyze?

<p>Societal development and change (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Marxism argue is the struggle that occurs within society?

<p>Class struggle (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Marxian economics view capitalism as?

<p>Economically unsustainable (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Friedrich Engels claim about the term 'Marxism'?

<p>It was being abusively used by others (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Marxism argue will replace capitalism as humanity's mode of production?

<p>Socialism (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which two German philosophers are credited with originating Marxism?

<p>Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the method of socioeconomic analysis used in Marxism?

<p>Historical materialism (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term describes the perspective used in Marxism to view social transformation?

<p>Dialectical perspective (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the defining characteristic of Marxism often described using the term coined after Marx's death?

<p>Dialectical materialism (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which field has not been influenced by Marxism as a school of thought?

<p>Astrophysics (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the various branches and schools of thought that Marxism has developed into?

<p>Marxist theory (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term describes the interpretation of historical development used in Marxism?

<p>Historical materialism (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the social theories that incorporate and adapt Marxian concepts?

<p>Marxist synthesis (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term is often used to describe the characteristics of Marxism alongside Marx's critique of political economy?

<p>Historical materialism (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the left-wing and far-left political movements that take inspiration from Marxism?

<p>Marxist praxis (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Marx, what determines the condition of society?

<p>The economic base (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the base of a society according to Marx?

<p>The economic base (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the superstructure of a society according to Marx?

<p>The legal and political forms of social consciousness (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between the base and superstructure?

<p>Dialectic (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Marx consider as the driving force of human history?

<p>The conflicts between classes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Marx, what are the four stages of development in relations of production?

<p>Primitive communism, slave society, feudalism, capitalism (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Marx believe was the principal content of Marxism?

<p>Marx's economic doctrine (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is exploitation according to Marx?

<p>The amount of labor performed beyond what is received in goods (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What enables one social class to exploit other classes?

<p>The control of the means of production by one social class (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Marx, what is not an historico-philosophic theory imposed by fate upon every people?

<p>The materialist conception of history (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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