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Marxism is a socioeconomic theory regarding the idea that society is about the class struggles between the working class (proletariat) and the upper class (bourgeois). The class struggle arises when the bourgeois take advantage of the proletariat's labor for their own materialistic gain. | Marxism is a socioeconomic theory regarding the idea that society is about the class struggles between the working class (proletariat) and the upper class (bourgeois). The class struggle arises when the bourgeois take advantage of the proletariat's labor for their own materialistic gain. | ||
[[File:Base-superstructure Dialectic.png|thumb| | [[File:Base-superstructure Dialectic.png|thumb|400px|right|Base-superstructure Dialectic]] | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Marxism is a term created by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the 19th century. It is considered a materialistic ideology more than an idealist one since it conveys the idea that material values determine social existence rather than ideas. That being said since material values change over team, Marxism should be looked at in historical context. According to Marx's base/superstructure model that entails what society is made of, the economy (referring to labor, production, and distribution) lays the foundation for the cultural values of the social institutions: family, government, law, etc. | Marxism is a term created by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the 19th century. It is considered a materialistic ideology more than an idealist one since it conveys the idea that material values determine social existence rather than ideas. That being said since material values change over team, Marxism should be looked at in historical context. According to Marx's base/superstructure model that entails what society is made of, the economy (referring to labor, production, and distribution) lays the foundation for the cultural values of the social institutions: family, government, law, etc. | ||
Revision as of 22:48, 7 February 2017
Marxism is a socioeconomic theory regarding the idea that society is about the class struggles between the working class (proletariat) and the upper class (bourgeois). The class struggle arises when the bourgeois take advantage of the proletariat's labor for their own materialistic gain.
Background
Marxism is a term created by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the 19th century. It is considered a materialistic ideology more than an idealist one since it conveys the idea that material values determine social existence rather than ideas. That being said since material values change over team, Marxism should be looked at in historical context. According to Marx's base/superstructure model that entails what society is made of, the economy (referring to labor, production, and distribution) lays the foundation for the cultural values of the social institutions: family, government, law, etc.
Uses in other disciplines
Marxism can be found in the subjects of economics and world history as it is one of many ways to run the economics of many countries.
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- ↑ Ott and Mack, Critical Media Studies: An Introduction, (New York: Wiley & Sons, 2014), 23-5.