Marxian
Proletariat versus bourgeoisie
Marxian means relating to or derived from the ideas of Karl Marx, the 19th-century German philosopher and economist.
The term appears most often in academic contexts: Marxian economics, Marxian analysis, Marxian theory of value.
Marxian tends to signal scholarly engagement with Marx's ideas, while Marxist often implies political commitment or ideology.
Capitalist ownership class
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- class consciousnessAwareness of economic group identity
- exploitationSelfish use of others
oppression · lumpenproletariat · petty bourgeoisie · ruling class · working class · peasantry · class warfare · hegemony
State of being isolated
- ideologyStructured belief framework
- false consciousnessInternalized ideology against self-interest
- praxisCustomary action or application
- reificationTreating abstracts as concrete
contradiction · negation · thesis · antithesis · synthesis · Hegelian · totality · mediation
Production minus wages paid
- capitalWealth used for investment
- commodity fetishismObjects veil production relations
- means of productionTools and facilities for manufacturing
- exploitationSelfish use of others
wage labor · overproduction · underconsumption · rent · ground rent
Violent governmental overthrow
- dictatorship of the proletariatLaboring class governing authority
- vanguardForemost position or group
- communismCollective ownership system
- socialismCommunal economic control
agitation · Leninism · Maoism · Trotskyism · Bolshevism · party · internationalism · reformism
bourgeoisie
Capitalist ownership class
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- class consciousnessAwareness of economic group identity
exploitation · oppression · lumpenproletariat · petty bourgeoisie · ruling class · working class · peasantry · class warfare · hegemony · domination
alienation
State of being isolated
- ideologyStructured belief framework
- false consciousnessInternalized ideology against self-interest
- praxisCustomary action or application
reification · contradiction · negation · thesis · antithesis · synthesis · Hegelian · totality · mediation · critique
surplus value
Production minus wages paid
- capitalWealth used for investment
- commodity fetishismObjects veil production relations
- means of productionTools and facilities for manufacturing
exploitation · wage labor · overproduction · underconsumption · rent · ground rent
revolution
Violent governmental overthrow
- dictatorship of the proletariatLaboring class governing authority
- vanguardForemost position or group
- communismCollective ownership system
socialism · agitation · Leninism · Maoism · Trotskyism · Bolshevism · party · internationalism · reformism · revisionism
Marxianlaissez-faire
Noninterference in commerce
capitalist · free-market · neoliberal · Austrian · libertarian
Marxianconservative
Cautious about altering customs
reactionary · right-wing · traditionalist · fascist · individualist
Marxianfunctionalist
Prioritizes practical purpose
positivist · neoclassical · marginalist · utilitarian · rational choice
- Marxist thoughtPhilosophy of class conflict
- Marxist theoryFramework analyzing class conflict
- Marxist regimeGovernment based on class struggle
- Marxist ideologyRevolutionary working-class philosophy
- Marxist analysisClass-based social examination
- Marxist economicsClass-based critique of capitalism