Marxist view of the family
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- Created on: 13-02-19 17:17
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- The Marxist view of the family
- Friedrich Engles
- The monogamous couple (nuclear family) benefits capitalism
- Through inheritance
- Allows wealth and male dominance to be passed down
- The monogamous couple (nuclear family) benefits capitalism
- Louis Althusser
- Family has an ideological function
- socialises members into values of bourgeoisie and keep workers subordinate
- Obediance to authority (respect elders)
- Value of hard work
- Eli Zaretzsky
- Ideological function
- Safe haven benefits ruling class
- Benefits worker. makes life bearable and strengthens false class consciousness
- Benefits capitalism. contribute better to economy. less likely to rebel
- Unit of consumption
- Reproduction of next generation of workers
- Evalution
- Strengths
- still relevant. capitalism still exsists alongside the nuclear family
- Still being socialised into capitalist values
- Weaknesses
- Functionalists. ignores the positive functions of the family
- Feminists. Ignores gender inequality
- postmodernist.class isn't as fixed now there is social mobility
- Strengths
- Friedrich Engles
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