What is the relationship between base and superstructure?
Correct answer: A. The change in the economic base of a society leads to the change in superstructure
- A. The change in the economic base of a society leads to the change in superstructure
- B. The change in superstructure leads to the change in the economic base of a society
- C. Both a and b
- D. Neither a nor b
Explanation
In Marxist analysis, the economic base, including the mode of production, conditions the superstructure of law, politics, and ideas. Although later Marxists discuss reciprocal influence, the standard base-superstructure relationship tested here is represented by option a.
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