Human Lecture Three: Structuralism and Marxism

Pregunta 1 de 20

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What is the defintion of Structure (the other is agency)?

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Structuralists. Society as an entity, individuals are merely part of the structure of society. Society determines the thoughts and actions of individuals
Humanists. Society is created by individuals, society is nothing more than the sum of all the individual members. The actions of individuals determine society

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 20

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Which approach was empiricist; focusing on empirical observations over theoretical statements?

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Spatial science
Structuralism

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Pregunta 3 de 20

1

What approach ignored structures of various sorts that constrained and shaped human actions over space, which could not see causes beyond surface appearances; not socially responsible?

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Spatial Science
Structuralism

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 20

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How did Feminist Glossary of Human Geography, 1999, define Structuralism? (The other is not a quote but still a definition of Structuralism)

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'A widely used term in the social sciences and humanities referring to explanations and analyses that focus on the abstract or formal structures that are the invisible logics underpinning social organisation and language'
'Involves moving beneath the visible and conscious designs of human beings to expose enduring and underlying structures. Importantly, these could not be measured but only exposed through a series of purely intellectual operations'

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Pregunta 5 de 20

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What was interested in the underlying structures that determine the operation of different modes of production; which can be theorised by intellectual effort. their existence is neither visible nor measurable, although the effects are empirically evident?

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General Structuralism
Structural Marxism

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Pregunta 6 de 20

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Who were the two founder of Marxism in the 19thC - interested in 'historical materialism' focusing on the economic structure of society. This person was interested in the history of these changing economic structures, hence historical materialism?

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Karl Marx
Friedrich Engels

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Pregunta 7 de 20

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Are the following quotes correctly combined with the geographer who said them?

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Engels: 'Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it had acquired the occult ability to add value to itself'
Engels: 'Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social change is impossible without feminine upheaval- social progress can be measured exactly by the position of the fair sex'
Marx: 'From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilisation'
Marx: 'An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory'
Yes. They are correctly matched with the geographer
No. They are not correctly matched with the geographer

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 20

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Which approach was related to production. Materialist: interested in the economic structure of society, and how these structures work to make society the way it is. Identified four modes of production: Asiatic, Ancient, Feudal and modern Bourgeois. Had internal contradictions eventually causing a new mode of production to be forged. The next mode of production was communism'

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Structuralism
Marxism

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Pregunta 9 de 20

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Radical geographers saw patterns of inequality in urban areas. Some geographers explained this through Marxist ideas. What were these ideas?

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The capitalist system divides society up into classes which were highly unequal in terms of wealth, property and power
Most fundamental division was between capital and labour
Owners of the means of production made profit, or surplus
All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 20

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The appropriation of surplus value is what type of concept (it cannot be seen but we can measure its effects)?

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Regional concept
Possibilism concept
Structuralist concept

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Pregunta 11 de 20

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Which of the following is an example of the impact Structural Marxism had on geography?

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Impacted historical geography: e.g. 'the study of the transition from feudalism to capitalism and the rise of industrial capitalism'
Impacted economic geography: studying regional inequality in industrial restructuring
Impacted development geography: third world studies
Impacted urban geography: the inequalities inherent in contemporary urban life
All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 20

1

There was surprisingly little geographical research undertaken in the 1970s with an overtly structuralist framework

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True
Flase

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Pregunta 13 de 20

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The most extreme structuralist positions were untenable

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True
False

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Pregunta 14 de 20

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Structuralism was very able to deal with individual human actions

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False
True

Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 20

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Structuralism is a post-positivist philosophy

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True
False

Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 20

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Structuralists and Humanists agree on the relative significance of structure and agency in human affairs

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False
True

Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 20

1

Structuralist argue that there are invisible but powerful structures that condition the conduct of everyday life. Which are only measurable by their effects

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True
False

Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 20

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Approaches to Geographic Knowledge (Human Approaches) Quiz on Human Lecture Three: Structuralism and Marxism, created by Monty Leaman on 20/05/2017.

Human Lecture Three: Structuralism and Marxism

Pregunta 1 de 20

What is the defintion of Structure (the other is agency)?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 20

Which approach was empiricist; focusing on empirical observations over theoretical statements?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 20

What approach ignored structures of various sorts that constrained and shaped human actions over space, which could not see causes beyond surface appearances; not socially responsible?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 20

How did Feminist Glossary of Human Geography, 1999, define Structuralism? (The other is not a quote but still a definition of Structuralism)

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 20

What was interested in the underlying structures that determine the operation of different modes of production; which can be theorised by intellectual effort. their existence is neither visible nor measurable, although the effects are empirically evident?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 20

Who were the two founder of Marxism in the 19thC - interested in 'historical materialism' focusing on the economic structure of society. This person was interested in the history of these changing economic structures, hence historical materialism?

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Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 20

Are the following quotes correctly combined with the geographer who said them?

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Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 20

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Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 20

Radical geographers saw patterns of inequality in urban areas. Some geographers explained this through Marxist ideas. What were these ideas?

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Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 20

The appropriation of surplus value is what type of concept (it cannot be seen but we can measure its effects)?

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Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 20

Which of the following is an example of the impact Structural Marxism had on geography?

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Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 20

There was surprisingly little geographical research undertaken in the 1970s with an overtly structuralist framework

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Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 20

The most extreme structuralist positions were untenable

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Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 20

Structuralism was very able to deal with individual human actions

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Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 20

Structuralism is a post-positivist philosophy

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Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 20

Structuralists and Humanists agree on the relative significance of structure and agency in human affairs

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Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 20

Structuralist argue that there are invisible but powerful structures that condition the conduct of everyday life. Which are only measurable by their effects

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Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 20

Structural Marxism draws on Marx's historical materialism to argue that one of the most powerful structures is the economy

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Explicación

Pregunta 19 de 20

Structuralism was praised because its most extreme positions were attainable

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Explicación

Pregunta 20 de 20

Marxist thinking had no lasting impact on geographical thinking

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