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Lesson 4: The Marxist Critique of Bourgeois Capitalism

Lesson 4: The Marxist Critique of Bourgeois Capitalism Lesson Question: What is Marxism? What is Communism?

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Lesson 4: The Marxist Critique of Bourgeois Capitalism

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  1. Lesson 4: The Marxist Critique of Bourgeois Capitalism Lesson Question: What is Marxism? What is Communism? Lesson Objectives: The students will understand a few of the basic tenets of Marxist theory, especially its critique of bourgeois capitalism. The students will understand the Marxist five-stage theory of history.

  2. Marx’s 5 Stages of History: 1. Primitive Communism • Hunters and gatherers • All resources used in common • Domesticated agriculture and private property 2. Slave Society • Land produces wealth • Slaves work land for aristocracy • Need for slaves causes warfare which exhausts societies 3. Feudalism • Kings and lords control land • Peasantry reduced to serfdom • Trade and rise of bourgeoisie 4. Bourgeois Capitalism • Profit motive rules society • State dominated by bourgeoisie and laws protect their interests • Imperialism necessary for raw materials and markets • Continual oppression of the proletariat results in revolution 5. Communism • Proletariat overthrows bourgeois state and controls means of production • Proletariat allocates resources of society according to people’s needs • Eventually the state disappears and democratic councils of workers run society • Historical development ends

  3. Sample Question: • According to Karl Marx, which stage in human history will see the agricultural peasantry reduced to the status of serfdom? • Primitive communism • Slave society • Feudalism • Bourgeois capitalism • Communism

  4. Sample Question: 2. According to Karl Marx, which mode of economic production will be overthrown by the revolution of the industrial proletariat? • Primitive communism • Slave society • Feudalism • Bourgeois capitalism • Communism

  5. Sample Question: 3. According to Karl Marx, which stage of human history will exhaust itself through continual warfare? • Primitive communism • Slave society • Feudalism • Bourgeois capitalism • Communism

  6. Sample Question: 4. According to Karl Marx, which stage of human history is the most revolutionary? • Primitive communism • Slave society • Feudalism • Bourgeois capitalism • Communism

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