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The base is equivalent to the [[mode of production|MoP]] and the social order enforcing it. The superstructure is the entire remainder of society, culture, technology, institutions, etc. which [[dialectical materialism]] posits as being based upon the material conditions and circumstances of production, i.e. the MoP. Critical theory and writings on the topic are mainly concerned with how the one affects and/or conditions the other.
The base is equivalent to the [[mode of production|MoP]] and the social order enforcing it. The superstructure is the entire remainder of society, culture, technology, institutions, etc. which [[dialectical materialism]] posits as being based upon the material conditions and circumstances of production, i.e. the MoP. Critical theory and writings on the topic are mainly concerned with how the one affects and/or conditions the other.


To quote Marx ("[[Critique of Political Economy]]" MEW13, 8f):
Definitive quote Marx ("[[Critique of Political Economy]]" MEW13, 8f):


<blockquote>In the social production of Mans life there are certain factors, independent of him, relations of production, which contribute their productive power corresponding to a given level of material development. The totality of these relations of production form the economic structure of society, the real basis upon which the juridical and political superstructure rests, and which corresponds to  particular forms of social consciousness.
<blockquote>In the social production of Mans life there are certain factors, independent of him, relations of production, which contribute their productive power corresponding to a given level of material development. The totality of these relations of production form the economic structure of society, the real basis upon which the juridical and political superstructure rests, and which corresponds to  particular forms of social consciousness.
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== Summary and Review of the German Wikipedia ==
Material above original as is my translation of Marx. It corresponds to the material up to Marx's original text.
=== Additional Quotes associated with the Definitive one ===
=== Relations of the Base to the Superstructure ===
=== Further Quotes ===
The other &sect;&sect; don't require transfer/translation.


== See Also ==
== See Also ==