Create outlines for the identify and essay parts of the exam before the final, especially for the second essay Second essay is reflective, graded on how well you argue your point Essays are expected to be 3-4 paragraphs, depending on how well you write What is a good despot? o Dictator whose only thoughts are about the people (enlightened despot) Why does Mill reject the enlightened despot? o Because it tends to create passive people and he feels active ones are better Ideally best form of government is the form in which o Everyone has a voice o Popular sovereignty o Participates as extensively as possible in public affairs Direct democracy-everyone participates as extensively as possible, Mill chooses representative government because he feels direct democracy (as in Rousseau) is logistically impossible Democracy-more than half are magistrates Aristocracy-a few are magistrates Monarchy-only one is a magistrate False consciousness from Marx o When the proletariat does not realize that the exploitation and alienation control them, they buy into the capitalist ideas Two structures o Superstructure-church, education, family, military/police forces, culture, government o Substructure Proper offices of representative government o Control and criticism <a href="/keyword/animal-farm/" >animal farm</a> - know the main characters and who they represent and how the rules change Themes of Herland o Sexuality o Motherhood o Economics o Equality Marx study guide, question 8 o Capitalist forges the proletariat into a class as well as creating the proletariat because of the exploitation o IMPORTANT-bourgeoisie creates the class Marx final study guide-question c, memorize slides Rousseau o Liberty/freedom-being subject to laws you yourself create What is the dialectic o Consistent class struggle throughout history Contradictions, qualitative change, new contradictions, negation of the negation Hegel=idealist Marx and Engels=materialists All history is the history of class struggles Two classes o Ruling class o Ruled class Classless society-no one has to sell their labor to another and no one can buy the labor of anyone else HAVE SPECIFIC POINTS IN YOUR ANSWERS FOR THE IDENTIFY AND ESSAY PARTS OF THE EXAM SINCE THEY WILL HAVE THE NOTES IN FRONT OF THEM WHEN THEY ARE GRADING THE EXAMS