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COPY: Marxism Quiz

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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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who popularized the term 'Marxism'?

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

    What does historical materialism analyze?

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

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

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

    What does Marxian economics view capitalism as?

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

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

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

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

    <p>Socialism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which two German philosophers are credited with originating Marxism?

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

    What is the method of socioeconomic analysis used in Marxism?

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

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

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

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

    <p>Astrophysics</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

    According to Marx, what determines the condition of society?

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

    What is the base of a society according to Marx?

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

    What is the relationship between the base and superstructure?

    <p>Dialectic</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

    What did Marx believe was the principal content of Marxism?

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

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