Marxism and The Family
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- Created on: 30-05-18 17:43
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- Marxism
- Structural theory
- Society influences individuals
- Conflict theory
- Society benefits certain social groups at the expense of the others
- Marxists believe that...
- Societies are unequal and unfair in regard to social class
- In particular, they think that the capitalist system is unequal and is based on oppression and exploitation
- The economic system is organised for the production of profit and wealth creation is entirely owned by individuals for their own benefit
- In the capitalist system that everyone is divided into 2 basic classes
- Bourgeoisie
- The ruling class
- Proletariat
- The working class
- Proletariat
- The working class
- Bourgeoisie
- See society as a league table due to the competition between the social classes
- The bourgeoisie benefit in every way from how society operates as they make money through surplus value and the proletariat miss out
- Engels (1884)
- Believed that the family arose as capitalism developed & people started to value private property
- Monogamy become essential because men had to be certain that their legitimate heirs inherited from them
- Women went along with this for the economic security - essentially making them 'glorified prostitutes'
- Monogamy become essential because men had to be certain that their legitimate heirs inherited from them
- Believed that the family arose as capitalism developed & people started to value private property
- Structural theory
- Marxism and The Family
- Zaretsky (1976)
- Reproduces future generations of workers
- Consumes the products of capitalism
- Socialises children in to the ruling class ideology
- Provides a 'cushion' from the effects of alienating work to help workers continue (false consciousness)
- Zaretsky (1976)
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