L3 APK: Marxism & Marxism-Leninism

An economic system where trade and industries are controlled by private owners for profit.

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Socialism

• Feudalism

A capitalist middle class who own most of society's wealth and means of production.

• Bourgeoisie

• Peasants

• Ruling Class

• Proletariat

The means and mode of production.

• Base

• Superstructure

• Historical Materialism

• Dialectical Materialism

Determined by the base; includes such things as politics, values, morals and culture.

• Superstructure

• Class Conflict

• Dialectical Materialism

• Historical Materialism

The industrial working class; factory workers.

• Proletariat

• Bourgeoisie

• Aristocracy

• Peasantry

An economic system that aims to replace private property and profit with public ownership and collective control of the means of production.

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Feudalism

• Communism

The definable stages that show the development of human civilisation. The measure for defining these stages are: who owns wealth; how wealth is accumulated; and who is exploited to produce this wealth.

• Dialectical Materialism

• Historical Materialism

• Class Consciousness

• Class Conflict

The build-up of opposing forces and their resolution, usually through revolution; explains how societies develop from one stage to another.

• Historical Materialism

• Dialectical Materialism

• Class conflict

• Superstructure

The interaction between two classes (wealthy and powerful, and the poor and powerless) that forces society to change through revolution.

• Class conflict

• Class consciousness

• Historical materialism

• Dialectical materialism

A person or group becoming aware that they are a part of a social class that is being exploited and that they should no longer accept it.

• Class conflict

• Communism

• Base

• Class consciousness