MARXIST THEORY
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- Created on: 14-08-18 12:37
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- MARXIST THEORY
- Economic Power
- Who owns means of production controls society
- Bourgeoisie own production/wealth
- Proletariat operate production
- Bourgeoisie can manipulate politics, gov, education, art & media
- Materialism vs Spirituality
- Social values reflect material goals
- The material world is non-subjective
- Spirituality is completely subjective
- Quality of a person's life is destroyed by material failure
- Class Struggle
- A capitalist society will inevitability experience conflict
- Owners make the decision about the division of wealth
- Conflict is what instigates change
- Bourgeoisie present their political, economic, & social structures as the only reasonable ones
- Proletariat are prevented from wanting overthrow their oppressors
- The only real social division is class
- Art, Literature & Ideologies
- Vehicles by which the bourgeoisie impose their value system on the proletariat
- They're enjoyable so the audience is unaware of being manipulated
- Bourgeoisie control artistic output
- Artistic criticism of the bourgeoisie must be subtle as challenging media will not be publsihed
- Economic Power
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