Marx&Marcuse

Marx Key Terms

Mode of production

Relations of production

Division of Labor

Productive Forces

Alienation/species being

Use value – exchange value – surplus value

Fetishism of commodities

Reading Questions for Marx

Describe alienation. Why does a worker become aliented from their labour?

Define “species character”.

What is Marx’s main problem with Hegel and where does he see value in Feuerbach?

Who has control of the state?

What is the fetishism of commodities? Provide an example from current society.

Marcuse Key Terms

Technological rationality

One-Dimensional/ Authentic Individual

Welfare/Warfare State

Repressive Desublimation

Artistic Alienation

Double talk

Positive Thinking