POL 1040 – Marx Worksheet
Answer the following questions as best you can based on the readings.
A phrase or a sentence
(or two) is sufficient to answer all of these questions, however you may go into more detail if
you would like.
1) In the
1859 Preface
, what does Marx contend is the real foundation of the legal and political
superstructure and the definite forms of consciousness that correspond to them?
It corresponds to them as the relationship as worker and boss.
2) The history of all society is, for Marx, the history of what?
The history of class struggle
3) How does
The Communist Manifesto
define bourgeoisie?
Proletariat?
Bourgeoisise means someone who owns the means of production. Proletriart is someone who
uses their own labor for goods that are produced.
4) What do Marx and Engels mean when they say Communism intends to do away with Capital?
This means communism is the centralization of goods and the capital isn’t needed.
5) What are the primary effects of Industrial Capitalism on the social, intellectual, physical, and
cultural lives of the majority of individuals, according to
The Communist Manifesto
?
The primary effect of Industrial Capitalism is alienation. Marx believes that it is the greatsest sin
of capitalism and it is forcing change.
