Marxist perspectives of religion
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- Marxists Perspectives of religion
- Lennin
- Spiritual Gin
- Diversionary institution- drug that distorts true nature of exploitation
- Reinforces false class consciousness
- Means of social control and seeing to delude the exploited
- Marx & Engles
- Tool of social control
- Distorts reality, legitimises inequalities which exist in society
- Compensates for misery of those who have been exploited
- Promises happiness through religion- just a delusion
- Althusser 1971
- 'Mechanism for promoting views and interests of the RC'
- Ideological apparatus- used to legitimise RC domination
- Brainwashed into accepting social class inequalities as God-given and inevitable
- FALSE CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS
- Prevents them from doing anything to improve their situation, leaves RC free to exploit them
- Marx 1842
- OPIUM OF THE MASSES
- Lessens the pain of hardship and drug that distorts reality and helps individuals deal with pain
- Justifies and legitimises existing social order- Divine Right
- Primary Function- reproduces, maintains & justifies class inequalities
- R ideological apparatus reflects RC ideas
- Ideological in 3 ways:
- Legitimises social inequality
- Distinguishes nature of exploitation
- Keeping WC passive and resigned to their fate
- Lennin
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