Thursday, July 24, 2008

Marxism

  • Capitalism : A type of society in which the private ownership of the means of production in providing the means to live.
  • Ideology: Set of beliefs and values which distorts reality.


Social Class
  • Ruling Class (Bourgeoisie)
  • Subject Class (Proletariat)



Marx predicted that working class will slowly overthrow the capitalism, which leads to the communist society.
  • False consciousness: A situation in which working class people is 'unaware' that they are being exploited.

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