Marxists
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- Created on: 28-12-18 09:52
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- Marxists
- Negative
- Emphasises big society influences individuals
- Conflict theory
- Emphasises big society influences individuals
- Means/forces of production the materials such as people, land or machinery needed to produce goods.
- Superstructur all the other aspects of society built upon the foundation of the infrastructure (like government and political systems)
- Mode of production: how people produced the things they needed to live (basic needs)
- Infrastructure the forces of production and social relationships that form the basic foundation of society
- Social relations of production the relationships made during production stage - often between the rich (bourgeoisie) and the poor (proletariats).
- Marx claims mode of production is important
- Argues society is divided because of wealth + power not shared equally
- R/C stay in power by exploiting the W/C
- Criticisms: it only looks at division of class not gender or ethnicity conflict
- Marxists believe that ruling class ideology (the widely circulated ideas and beliefs of powerful elite groups in society) prevents many ordinary working people from really understanding the nature of society
- These ideas create a false consciousness (the mistaken belief that capitalist society is basically fair and that the real opportunities are available to all)
- Negative
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