Key Concepts
Owner of means of production (employers)
working and lower class, source of income was their labour
Bourgouisie and Proletariat
What did Karl Marx believe that the working class would eventually do to the bourgeoisie?
Overthrow them, and take over the means of production
What do core and peripheral states refer to?
Core states refer to wealthy and powerful states while peripheral states are the less developed countries that are often exploited by the core states.
Real life example of colonialism:
The historical colonization of Africa, Asia, and the Americas by European powers.
Class Struggle
conflict in where one class rules over another, over certain periods of history.
What did Karl Marx argue was the main struggle within a capitalist society?
Exploitation of work by the Bourgeoisie to the Proletariat
What does economic determinism imply?
This implies that economic relations and interactions between states shape their political and cultural interactions.
What does the dependence theory suggest?
Suggests that developing countries are trapped in a cycle of dependency on developed countries.
Result of the population being separated from the government and the government's affairs with other states.
Alienation
How does Marx describe the condition in which workers are disconnected from their essence during the industrial revolution?
Alienation
How do core states exploit peripheral states?
Core states exploit peripheral states through economic, political, and military dominance.
From a marxist perspective, what is often identified as a driver for worldwide conflicts?
Capitalists interests
Emancipation
liberating a person from a condition of dependence and established structures of power, such as a government
What solution have modern theorists come up with for divisions caused by the system based on Marx's theory?
The state should be dissolved to reduce alienation and division of the people
How does global inequality between the Global North and Global South reflect exploitation?
Global inequality demonstrates how core nations (Global North) take advantage of periphery areas (Global South) by stealing labor and resources
What are the main causes of class conflict between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, and how does it appear in the context of Marxist theory?
Class conflict results from the struggle between the proletariat, who sell their labor to make ends meet, and the bourgeoisie, who control the means of production.