The Man
Who's in Charge?
The Money Muscle
Class-sick
Friday Paper Ideas
100
He was a German philosopher and economist.
Karl Marx
100
A society is shaped by its forces of this.
What is production?
100
An economic system in which the means of production are privately owned (not owned by a central government) and are operated for a profit AND in which prices are determined by the market (supply and demand), not a governing body.
What is capitalism?
100
A Capitalist society will inevitably witness conflict between its ___________.
What are social classes?
100
Who are the powerful people in the text? Why are they powerful?
What is "we'll find out!"
200
Marx believed that literature is a reflection of ________ and ________ can be affected by literature. (same word twice)
What is culture?
200
Whoever controls production controls this.
What is society?
200
A by-product of capitalism in which products are valued for their social connotations as opposed to their innate usefulness.
What is commodification?
200
Marx called on the proletariat society to do what?
What is reject the system set up by the bourgeoisie.
200
Why are the powerless powerless?
What is "we'll find out!"
300
Marx's philosophies are linked to this man's because they shared a focus on the subconscious.
What is Sigmund Freud?
300
The two classes of people according to Marx.
What are the bourgeoisie and the proletariats? (Boor jhwa zee')
300
A means of keeping the proletariat down by constantly changing the paradigm of what material goods are desirable. Similar to a gerbil on an exercise wheel, the proletariat is running hard but will never able to reach his destination, keeping him too busy to fight back against the bourgeousie.
What is commodification?
300
The reason art and literature are used to advance the bourgeois theories.
What is because the bourgeois fund the artists, so they don't want to offend them.
300
Is courtly love oppressive? To whom?
What is "you betcha!"
400
Freud focused his study on the individual subconscious, while Marx dealt with the __________ subconscious.
What is political?
400
These people control the means of production.
Who are the bourgeoisie?
400
The conflict between the owners and workers (bourgeoisie and proles) about the distribution of wealth, which the owners always win.
What is dialectical materialism?
400
The only means of attacking the bourgeois through art and literature.
What is through irony and satire?
400
Is there a relationship between materialism and corruption in the church?
What is "yup."
500
Marx believed _______________ existed in the political subconscious. (word meaning to keep down a group of people - starts with an "o".
What is oppression?
500
The group of people who operate the means of production (factory workers, etc.) and who are controlled by the bourgeousie.
Who are the proletariats?
500
The only real division in society is between the _______ and __________. Any other divisions such as race, ethnicity, gender, and religion are artiļ¬cial, created by the bourgeoisie to distract the proletariat from unifying.
What are bourgeoisie and the proletariats?
500
Does Chaucer favor the bourgeoisie or the proletariats?
What is "find out!"
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