Functionalist and Marxist view on family
- Created by: KateElleray1997
- Created on: 24-02-14 21:18
View mindmap
- Nature and role of family
- Functionalists
- see every institution in society as essential to the smooth running of society
- MURDOCK = the family is so useful to society that it is inevitable and universal
- MURDOCK = argued the family performed 4 basic functions
- Sexual - provides a stable sexual relationship for adults and controls the sexual relationships of its members
- Reproductive - provides new members of society
- Economic - the family pools resources and provides for all its members
- Educational - the family teaches children the norms and values of society
- TALCOTT PARSONS = argued that the family has two basic and vital functions
- Primary socialisation - the process by which children learn and accept the values and norms of society
- Stabilisation of adult personalities - does this through the emotional relationship between parents. They give support and security needed to cope in the wider society
- Marxism
- view the family as performing essential functions for modern industrial society
- The family benefits the bourgeoisie but disadvantages the proletariat
- ENGELS = the family had an economic function of keeping wealth within the bourgeoisie by passing it onto the next generation as inheritance
- ZARETSKY = argued that the family is the one place in society where the proletariat can have power
- working man gets home, is king of his own castle
- relieves some of the frustration workers feel about their low status, which helps them to accept their oppression and exploitation as workers
- Women role of 'housewife' means workers are cared for and healthy - making them more productive
- family household is a unit of consumption
- Buy goods produced by the capitalist industry
- Functionalists
Comments
No comments have yet been made