The document provides an overview of key aspects of Marxism. It discusses Marx's intellectual development influenced by Hegel and how he came to appreciate the importance of economics. It outlines Marx's views on alienation under capitalism and his belief that the internal contradictions of capitalism will lead to its demise as the proletariat overthrows the bourgeoisie. It also summarizes Marx's concepts of the dialectic, class struggle, and his vision of communism replacing the capitalist system.

1. Marxism (Part One) Dr. Christopher S. Rice

3. The Early Marx

4. Marx Becomes A Philosopher

5. 2 effects of his career in Journalism

6. He came to appreciate the central social and political importance of economics

7. He ceased to be a liberal and became a radical

9. The Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844

10. Hegel and his influence on Marxism

11. Hegel’s Philosophy of History

12. Geist

13. Alienation ( entfremdung )

14. Dialectic the process whereby opposite views or forces come into conflict, which eventually leads to the overcoming or reconciliation of the opposition in a new and presumably higher form

15. The Master-Slave Dialectic The master becomes master by physically conquering another, whom he then enslaves. Seeing oneself through the eyes of the Other. The master and slave are engaged in a symbiotic relationship. The master and slave are engaged in a conflictual relationship. The true relationship revealed through resistance. A Happy Conclusion…

16. The Master-Slave Dialectic The master becomes master by physically conquering another, whom he then enslaves. Seeing oneself through the eyes of the Other. The master and slave are engaged in a symbiotic relationship. The master and slave are engaged in a conflictual relationship. The true relationship revealed through resistance. A Happy Conclusion…

17. The Master-Slave Dialectic The master becomes master by physically conquering another, whom he then enslaves. Seeing oneself through the eyes of the Other. The master and slave are engaged in a symbiotic relationship. The master and slave are engaged in a conflictual relationship. The true relationship revealed through resistance. A Happy Conclusion…

18. The Master-Slave Dialectic The master becomes master by physically conquering another, whom he then enslaves. Seeing oneself through the eyes of the Other. The master and slave are engaged in a symbiotic relationship. The master and slave are engaged in a conflictual relationship. The true relationship revealed through resistance. A Happy Conclusion…

19. The Master-Slave Dialectic The master becomes master by physically conquering another, whom he then enslaves. Seeing oneself through the eyes of the Other. The master and slave are engaged in a symbiotic relationship. The master and slave are engaged in a conflictual relationship. The true relationship revealed through resistance. A Happy Conclusion…

20. The Master-Slave Dialectic The master becomes master by physically conquering another, whom he then enslaves. Seeing oneself through the eyes of the Other. The master and slave are engaged in a symbiotic relationship. The master and slave are engaged in a conflictual relationship. The true relationship revealed through resistance. A Happy Conclusion…

21. History as the Story of Human Labor and Struggle

22. “ The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles .”

23. Materialist vs. Idealist

24. Material Forces of Production + Social Relations of Production = Material Production

25. Material Forces of Production

26. Social Relations of Production

27. The Dialectic of Class

28. Class determined by relation to the forces of production

29. Dominating Class has 2 important advantages: Monopoly on the power, agents of coercion Control of the Mental Means of Production

30. Dominating Class has 2 important advantages: Monopoly on the power, agents of coercion Control of the Mental Means of Production

31. False Consciousness

32. Base & Superstructure

33. Marx’s Materialist Conception of Society (Ball and Dagger, “Socialism and Communism: More to Marx”) IDEOLOGICAL SUPERSTRUCTURE BASE IDEAS, IDEALS, BELIEFS (Morality, Law, Religion, Etc.) SOCIAL RELATIONS OF PRODUCTION MATERIAL FORCES OF PRODUCTION (“Productive Forces”)

34. “ Religion is the opiate of the masses”

35. Possessive Individualism

36. Marx’s Critique of Capitalism

37. “ The bourgeoisie, historically, has played a most revolutionary part.”

38. Capitalism’s 3 important progressive functions

39. Merchant capitalists hastened the demise of feudalism Capitalism has made men masters over nature Capitalism requires constant innovation and change

40. Merchant capitalists hastened the demise of feudalism Capitalism has made men masters over nature Capitalism requires constant innovation and change

41. Merchant capitalists hastened the demise of feudalism Capitalism has made men masters over nature Capitalism requires constant innovation and change

42. So why should Capitalism be replaced???

43. 3 Reasons

44. Capitalism is Outmoded

45. Capitalism creates Alienation

46. 4 ways in which workers are alienated under capitalism: They are alienated from the product of their labor because they are forced to sell their labor and do not own what they produce. They are alienated from the activity of production itself because the capitalist system of mass production kills the creative spirit, leaving workers unable to find satisfaction in their labor. Workers are alienated from their unique and distinctively human nature and potential, particularly the power to create and enjoy beauty, by the dulling effect of living in a capitalist society. Capitalism alienates workers from each other because it forces them to compete of jobs and wages.

47. 4 ways in which workers are alienated under capitalism: They are alienated from the product of their labor because they are forced to sell their labor and do not own what they produce. They are alienated from the activity of production itself because the capitalist system of mass production kills the creative spirit, leaving workers unable to find satisfaction in their labor. Workers are alienated from their unique and distinctively human nature and potential, particularly the power to create and enjoy beauty, by the dulling effect of living in a capitalist society. Capitalism alienates workers from each other because it forces them to compete of jobs and wages.

48. 4 ways in which workers are alienated under capitalism: They are alienated from the product of their labor because they are forced to sell their labor and do not own what they produce. They are alienated from the activity of production itself because the capitalist system of mass production kills the creative spirit, leaving workers unable to find satisfaction in their labor. Workers are alienated from their unique and distinctively human nature and potential, particularly the power to create and enjoy beauty, by the dulling effect of living in a capitalist society. Capitalism alienates workers from each other because it forces them to compete of jobs and wages.

49. 4 ways in which workers are alienated under capitalism: They are alienated from the product of their labor because they are forced to sell their labor and do not own what they produce. They are alienated from the activity of production itself because the capitalist system of mass production kills the creative spirit, leaving workers unable to find satisfaction in their labor. Workers are alienated from their unique and distinctively human nature and potential, particularly the power to create and enjoy beauty, by the dulling effect of living in a capitalist society. Capitalism alienates workers from each other because it forces them to compete of jobs and wages.

50. Capitalism is Self-subverting

51. Why capitalism is DOOOOOOOMED!

52. Capitalism contains within itself the seeds of its own destruction

53. Capitalism has created its own “grave-diggers” by creating a class with interests diametrically opposed to its own, brought them together & taught them how to cooperate

54. Thus, they become a unified class, which has common interests and a common enemy, the bourgeoisie

55. The proletariat then comes to realize that it is a class with nothing to lose but everything to gain by revolting against and overthrowing the bourgeoisie

56. Bourgeois-Proletariat Dialectic The Worker is enslaved by the Capitalist, though at first, he or she does not know it The Worker wakes from a “False Consciousness” The Dialectic turns… Establishing the classless society

58. Bourgeois-Proletariat Dialectic The Worker is enslaved by the Capitalist, though at first, he or she does not know it The Worker wakes from a “False Consciousness” The Dialectic turns… Establishing the classless society

59. Bourgeois-Proletariat Dialectic The Worker is enslaved by the Capitalist, though at first, he or she does not know it The Worker wakes from a “False Consciousness” The Dialectic turns… Establishing the classless society

60. Bourgeois-Proletariat Dialectic The Worker is enslaved by the Capitalist, though at first, he or she does not know it The Worker wakes from a “False Consciousness” The Dialectic turns… Establishing the classless society

61. The Revolutionary Sequence COMMUNISM WITHERING AWAY OF THE STATE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT SEIZURE OF STATE POWER REVOLUTIONARY CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS IMMISERATION OF THE PROLETARIAT ECONOMIC CRISES

62. The Marxist View of Freedom (Ball and Dagger, “Socialism and Communism: More to Marx”) OBSTACLE: Class divisions, economic inequalities, unequal life chances, “False Consciousness" AGENT: Common/ Working People; The proletariat GOAL: Fulfillment of human potential and needs