marxist view of the family
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- Created on: 20-02-14 11:00
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- marxist view of the family
- marxist theory is
- macro
- conflict
- structural
- marxists regard society as
- determined by the economic base/ infrastructure
- and the non economic/ ideological superstructure
- capitalist
- unequal
- containing the seeds of its destruction
- revolutionary
- determined by the economic base/ infrastructure
- marxists see the family as
- ideological
- reproducing
- functional
- key sociologists
- Engagles
- monogamous family/ property
- ensures wealth is kept within the family
- men know passing down property down to their biological offspring
- The NF developed so that men can be sure of the paternity
- mongous marriage
- alows men to control womens sexualites
- crit: most men don't own property or very little
- phaps monogamous family also benefits women
- monogamous family/ property
- Zaretsky prop for CAP/ unit of consumption/ buffer zone
- unpaid domestic labour
- consumes the commodities
- women free reserve of labour
- provides comfort and escape
- similar to parsons warm bath theory
- discourages workers revolution
- crit: families not always materialistic
- Althusser ISA
- as part of the ** the family has an ideological function
- societies supper structure is controlled by the B
- Cooper ideological controlling device
- children learn to conform to authority
- crit: do children passively accept authority
- crit: FD means children are exposed to a wide range of values
- Engagles
- marxist theory is
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