When did Marx live? Why did American sociology find Marx in the 1960s? Why will the retreat from Marxism be limited? Why can we not reject Marx because of his ideological orientation? How does a dialectical analysis differ sharply from most sociological analyses? What does a relational analysis mean? Why do dialectical thinkers consider most survey research as being seriously inadequate? Is socialism inevitable? According to Ritzer, is the thesis, antithesis, synthesis model an accurate portrayal of Marxist thought? What is the ultimate contradiction within capitalist societies? For Marxists, what is the important task? Describe in your own words Figure 5.1 (page 157). What would allow people to develop to their fullest capacity? What are natural and species power and needs? How are we different from other animals? What are the three components of the relationship between human beings and nature? Differentiate among the primitive, capitalistic, and communist epochs? Why does capitalism separate work from creativity activity? When is human potential actualized? What are the characteristics of the process of objectification? Why is labor perverted under capitalism? Are people inherently sociable? Discuss some unanticipated consequences of capitalism? Who are the workers and capitalists? Discuss in detail the four components of alienation? Why is hostility among workers beneficial to the capitalist? Define alienation. How does money distort individuality? Discuss the distortions caused by capitalism. Why is capitalism a perverted and distorted system? What is the ultimate goal for Marxist sociologists? What does "praxis" mean? How did Marx perceive social structures? Define "use value" and "exchange value." Why do commodities become an independent almost mystical external reality? What is the fetishism of commodities? How is the concept of reification useful to sociologists? What is capital? What is the first historical form of the circulation of commodities? Does it involve reification? How is private property the result of alienated labor? What was the origin of the division of labor? Outline Marx's criticisms of the division of labor. How does Ollman interpret Marx's views on class? Explain in detail the first quote from page 176. Are laws related to the material base of society or are they "natural laws?" Explain how both workers and owners have a false consciousness. What is the crucial difference between the two classes? What is the difference between being a "class in itself" and a "class for itself?" What is ideology? What are the three interrelated ideas that are involved in Marx's conceptualization of ideologies? How are exchange values the entire basis of capitalism? What is the labor theory of value? Why is the concept of surplus labor time the heart of Marxian analyses? What is the general law of capitalist accumulation? For Marx, what is the basis of our foreign policies? Can individual capitalists prevent the inevitable overthrow of capitalism?