Marxism, religion and change
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- Marxism religion and change
- Marxists recognise that ideas, including religious ideas, can have relative autonomy.
- They can be partly independent of the capitalist economic base of society.
- Thus religion can have a dual character, sometimes being a force for change as well as stability.
- Bloch sees religion as having a dual character.
- He accepts that religion often inhibits change but argues that it can also inspire protest and rebellion.
- Images of utopia can sometimes decieve people but they may also help people to create a vision of a better world and strive for social change.
- Eg) promises of rewards in heaven.
- Images of utopia can sometimes decieve people but they may also help people to create a vision of a better world and strive for social change.
- He accepts that religion often inhibits change but argues that it can also inspire protest and rebellion.
- Bloch sees religion as having a dual character.
- The Catholic Church in Latin America had been a very conservative institution encouraging acceptance of poverty and supporting wealthy elites.
- The liberation theology is a movement that emerged within the Catholic Church in Latin America in the 60's.
- Has a strong commitment to the poor and opposition against dictatorships that then ruled most of the continent.
- LT emerged because of the growth of rural poverty, urban slums and human rights abuses.
- LT emphasises 'praxis' - practical action guide by theory.
- Eg) Priests leading literacy programmes and raising political awareness.
- The LT shows how the same religious organisation can be both conservative and a force for change.
- Has a strong commitment to the poor and opposition against dictatorships that then ruled most of the continent.
- The liberation theology is a movement that emerged within the Catholic Church in Latin America in the 60's.
- Millenarian movements are an example of the desire to to bring about the kingdom of God on earth.
- They expect the total transformation of this world by supernatural means, creating heaven on earth.
- They appeal mainly to the poor because they promise immediate improvement and they often arise in colonial situations.
- European colonialism shattered the traditional tribal social structures of the colonised people.
- They appeal mainly to the poor because they promise immediate improvement and they often arise in colonial situations.
- They expect the total transformation of this world by supernatural means, creating heaven on earth.
- Gramsci is interested in how the ruling class maintain their control over society through ideas.
- Hegemony - ideological leadership of society is the way the ruling class are able to use ideas such as religion to maintain control.
- However in some cases religion can challenge the ruling class.
- Hegemony - ideological leadership of society is the way the ruling class are able to use ideas such as religion to maintain control.
- Marxists recognise that ideas, including religious ideas, can have relative autonomy.
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