Marxism Worksheet Week 2

Working in small groups, discuss and agree answers to the following:

 

  1. How does Marx define the difference between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie?

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  2. Explain, briefly, Marx's concept of surplus value

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  3. Give three important changes that occurred in the shift from feudalism to capitalism

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  5. What is the 'crisis of overproduction' and what has it got to do with modern concepts of 'globalisation'?

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  6. What did Marx mean by 'Communism'?

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  7. What is class consciousness? Give an example of what Marx might expect workers to do if they were developing a 'class consciousness'.

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  8. What is 'false consciousness'? Where does it come from?