The marxist perspective
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- Created on: 21-04-19 12:06
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- The Marxist perspective
- structural, conflict theory
- society as a whole, we are controlled by the social system
- Marx's basic idea
- our main function is to serve the economy
- The economy is the most important part of society (infrastructure) influences the superstructure
- economic determinism
- The economy is the most important part of society (infrastructure) influences the superstructure
- our main function is to serve the economy
- substance economy
- when humans produce enough to survive
- capitalism
- when people produce more than whats needed= surplus
- people take control of the production
- inequality
- people take control of the production
- when people produce more than whats needed= surplus
- The bourgeoisie
- dominant class who control surplus and economy
- own means of production, exploit the working class
- The proletaiat
- working class work for bourgeoisie, exploited, false class consciousness
- The superstructure
- institutions in society that are shaped by economy
- act as a ISA or RSA to reinforce the dominant ideology
- marx's prediction
- class consciousness and proletariat will overthrow bourgeoisie
- communist society with no profit making
- class consciousness and proletariat will overthrow bourgeoisie
- criticisms
- no revolution
- social action
- deterministic- people have free will and agency
- functionalists
- There is a value consensus- too negative
- feminists
- ignores patriarchy and exploitation of women
- postmodernists
- no longer a meta narrative- too fragmented, social class moblility
- structural, conflict theory
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