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FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTIONS ON     CT  13 & 14:  MARX'S PHIL ORIENTATION:  HEGEL & FEUERBACH         Fall,   2009 

1.  In relation to Marx & Hegel, Marx is said to have 'turned  __________________________  on his head' 

2.  In relation to an intro to Marx, people, groups, etc. have conflicting  _________________________________________

3.  In relation to an intro to Marx, in the US, the  ______________________________________  has changed little in the last 100 yrs. 

4.  In relation to human nature, the  ____________________________________  paradigm on the explanations of human nature is similar to the tabula rasa paradigm in that we are born w/ few/many essential characteristics which are conditioned by the environment 

5.  In relation to species being, the primary behavior that distinguishes humans from animals is that we  __________________  what we are going to do before we do it 

6.  In relation to species being, for Marx, labor is  __________________________  because we usually produce w/ others & we usually produce for others 

7.  In relation to the base & superstructure, the  ____________________  includes what is commonly known as the economy, & also all the social relationships inherent in the economic sphere of society

8.  In relation to the base & superstructure, an example of Marx's conception of the base & the superstructure is a capitalist economy has another type of culture, a consumerist &  ______________________________  culture 

9.  In relation to Marxist economics, the market theory of value posits that the value of a thing is determined by its  _________________________ 

10.  In relation to stratification & power, nearly all power conversions take place through  ________________________ 

11.  In relation to the the bourgeoisie & proletariat, the development of any class system, is one of  _______________________  development 

12.  In relation to class, the  ______________________  of society is shaped by the conflict btwn the groups in society 

13.  In relation to ideology,  _____________________  is when subordinate groups do not accept the ideology of the dominant group, but accept ideology relevant to their own interests 

14.  In relation to alienation & anomie, examples of alienation include: 'I am alienated if there is a  _____________________________  culture, but I cannot become part of that culture' or 'I am anomic if culture has basically disintegrated or is ineffective' 

15.  In relation to the components of alienation, in the sense that under capitalism, labor becomes objectified, the more one produces, the more  ________________________  poor the laborer becomes 

16.  In relation to the components of alienation, alienation is the separation from oneself, our very human essence, our species being, our  _______________________________________ 

17.  In relation to an intro to class & false consciousness, Americans are  _____________________________  class conscious than people in other societies 

18.  In relation to an intro to class & false consciousness, the lack of a Labor Movement means there has been no Labor  __________________________  in the US, resulting in a general weakening of the political left 

19.  In relation to class & false consciousness, advanced, existential philosophers have often used the terms  _______________________________  &  _______________________________  in a manner similar to class & false consciousness 

20.  In relation to Feuerbach & Marx, for Marx, religion is the  _____________________  of the masses 

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ESSAY QUESTION ON     CT  13 & 14:  MARX'S PHIL ORIENTATION:  HEGEL & FEUERBACH          Fall,   2009  

Be sure & answer all parts of the question.  Style, spelling & grammar are important.  Demonstrate a strong factual argument, use examples, & then inform your opinion.  Answers should be about 2
  hand written pages long.

3.  In relation to the components of alienation, take each of the components of alienation & describe / define / analyze.  Then give an example of each either from your own life, something you heard about, or something you know about from the media, education, etc. Do your examples indicate that alienation is generally increasing or decreasing in society?  Explain. 

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