The neo-marxist perspective
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- Created on: 21-04-19 12:36
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- Neo-Marxist perspective
- Antonio Gramsci
- humanistic Marxism- combines Marxism and social action
- explains no revolution criticism
- marx underestimated the power of ideology in a capitalist society
- hegemony
- how the ruling class maintain power through consent of the wc
- media ,education, family
- justify ruling class power
- coercion
- using force
- army, police, courts
- backup if hegemony fails
- how a revolution can occur
- There is a dual consciousness
- proletariat need a counter hegemonic block- a real lead to society, organic intellectuals who are class conscious in a political party
- Louis Althusser
- structuralist marxist
- rejects humanistic marxism
- and the free will of individuals, focuses more on power of social structure
- disagrees with marx's model
- disagrees with IS and **
- rejects economic determinism for structural determinism
- three levels of capitalist society
- ideological level (ISA)- Political level (RSA)- economy (dominant)
- two way causality
- The economy can affect whats happening in each level but they can also affect whats happening in the economy
- each level has relative autonomy from the economy
- The economy can affect whats happening in each level but they can also affect whats happening in the economy
- Criab- 3 story house analogy
- top floor- living quaters
- family life shaped by the shop, own dynamics, may shape the shop (divorce)
- first floor- office
- organised in different ways regardless of shop
- ground floor- shop
- how well the shop is doing will affect the nature of the office and family life
- top floor- living quaters
- institutions don't always support capitalism
- Antonio Gramsci
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