Class Consciousness & Class Conflict
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"...Now with class consciousness, the working class would begin to work together to identify themselves by their class, and to relate to their follow workers, and even workers in other nations – for that matter – against the ruling class, the bourgeoisie. With class consciousness workers gain awareness of their common problems, of their exploitation under capitalism – and as the wealthy get wealthier and wealthier and the poor get poorer and poorer"
Key Terms
- Class Consciousness
- Karl Marx [Marxism]
- Materialism
- Class Struggle/Strife
- Bourgeoisie/Proletariat
- Value Theory of Labor
- Theory of Alienation
- False Consciousness
- Crisis of Capitalism
- Means of Production
- Marx's Critics
- Eduard Bernstein & Revisionist Socialism
- Karl Popper
- Nicholas Berdiaeff
- John Gray
- Max Weber
- Social History
- Intellectual History
Guided Viewing Questions
- What is class consciousness?
- What role does class struggle and class consciousness play in Marxism?
- How did revisionist socialism modify Marx’s ideas?
- Describe some of the criticisms of Marxism.
- What is social history and how does it differ from other approaches to understanding the past?