Marx’s theory of history is described as ‘materialist’ because: Select one:
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Description
1-Marx’s theory of history is described as ‘materialist’
because:
Select one:
a. It
values material wealth over spiritual fulfilment
b. It
regards struggles over economic resources and interests as being the driving
force behind societal evolution and not struggles over ideas as posited by
Hegel
c. It
has a disparaging attitude towards the Bourgeois way of life
d. All
of the above
2- Which of the following statements best
describes why Marx believed capitalism was ‘self-subverting’?
Select one:
a. Because
capitalism supposedly has a tendency towards reduced competition and monopoly
as wealth and power is concentrated in the hands of fewer and fewer people?
b. Because
capitalism supposedly nurtures a sense of class consciousness among the working
class who feel exploited under it
c. Because
capitalist systems will supposedly eventually implode as the exploited rebel in
favour of a more just system of production
d. All
of the above
3- Which
of the following statements best describes why Pusey rejects the notion that
neoliberalism has been a positive influence on society?
Select one:
a. It
increases economic inequalities
b. It
nurtures employment insecurity through the casualization of professions
c. It
shrinks wage and salary earnings
d. All
of the above
