Marxism Vocab

A marxist term to describe those who own the means of production

• Bourgeoisie

• Class Consciousness

• Dialectical Materialism

• Economic Materialism

The belief that the working class is becoming increasingly aware of its position in society and its oppression by the bourgeoisie.

• State capitalism

• Class Consciousness

• Socialism

• Progressivism

An economic system based upon governmental or communal ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods and services.

• Marxism

• Communism

• Socialism

• Proletariat

The practice of federal governments taking ownership and management control of private businesses.

• State capitalism

• Marxism

• Economic Materialism

• Proletariat

the belief that whatever advances the proletariat and communism is morally good, and whatever hinders the proletariat and communism is morally evil.

• Preferable Morality

• Proletariat Morality

• Popular Morality

• Particular Morality

The Marxist ideal of a classless and stateless utopian society in which all property is commonly owned and each person is paid according to his or her abilities and needs.

• Capitalism

• Democracy

• Free Market

• Communism

The belief that only the material world exists and that class struggles are the mechanism behind social and economic progress

• Materialism

• Dialectical Materialism

• Diabotical Materialism

• Economic Materialism

A term used in Marxist theory to describe the working-class wage earners who do not own the means of production.

• Aristocracy

• Serfs

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• Proletariat

the belief that economics determines the entire course of human history, ultimately and inevitability leading to a communist future.

• Economic Interventionism

• Economic Determinism

• Ecofeminism

• Economics

the belief in human progress; the belief that political systems can be used to create economic prosperity, minimize risk, and advance society.

• Psychology

• Propaganda

• Progressivism

• Power