Marxism

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the philosophical foundation?Dialectical materialism and historical materialism
2. What is the economic analysis?Critique of capitalism, labor theory of value, concept of surplus value
3. Who wrote about Marxism?Karl Marx and his friend Friedrich Engels wrote books like The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital to explain Marxism.
4. Why do Marxists think capitalism can fail?They say capitalism has problems like workers being treated unfairly and money being owned by only a few, which can cause big problems over time.

Historical Materialism: The theory that material and economic factors are the primary drivers of historical change.
Alienation of Labor: The estrangement of workers from their work, its products, and their own humanity under capitalism.
Surplus Value: The value created by workers beyond what they are paid, which forms the basis of capitalist profit.
Class Consciousness: The awareness of one's social class and its shared interests, especially in relation to other classes.